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It did not prevail at Andover
alone, but all over the country.
The occasion gave rise to many
exceptional phenomena. Many
things were done which, in the
light of the present seem utterly
unaccountable. One of these
unaccountable things was the
opposition made to the antislav-
ery movement, and the attempt
to justify American slavery from
the Bible, made by Professors in
the most venerable, learned, and
orthodox Theological Seminary
in America; and that [?] in
the nineteenth century of the
Christian era! One such fact
might furnish palliation, if not
justification for many small
indiscretions made in the time
of the progress of American events
by earnest, elevated, and con-