| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| William Henry Seward. (18011872) |
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| 1 | | The Constitution devotes the national domain to union, to justice, to defence, to welfare and to liberty. But there is a higher law than the Constitution. |
| Speech, March 11, 1850. |
| 2 | | It [the antagonism between freedom and slavery] is an irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces. |
| Speech, Oct. 25, 1858. |
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