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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

William Henry Seward 1801-1872 John Bartlett

 
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      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.
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      It [the antagonism between freedom and slavery] is an irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces.
          Speech, Oct. 25, 1858.