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& nearly all the D.D.s throughout the
land. It is quite remarkable that
the younger & the less instructed--the
the students of the Academy--were more
disobedient to the "powers that be"
than their superiors & seniors--the
students of the Seminary. I can-
not tell you what proportion of
the students of both institutions were
detered from attending these lectures,
but I know there were many
who took the side of loyalty to their
teachers. I wish I could give
you some idea of the astonishing
eloquence of this Demosthenes, Geo
Thompson. I have known him to holSd
the crowded audience two hours
& a half in breathless silence.

When he portrayed the condition
of the American Slave & described
the unbridled tyrany of the master
who sold into hopeless bondage
his own flesh & blood [crossed out: & with a]