Sit not, like the figure on our silver coin, looking ever b… - Wendell Phillips

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Sit not, like the figure on our silver coin, looking ever backward.

Wendell Phillips

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Wendell Phillips (29 November 1811 – 2 February 1884), born in Boston, Massachusetts, was an American abolitionist, advocate of Native American rights, and orator.

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Sit not, like the figure on our silver coin, looking ever backward. - Wendell Phillips

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