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24) especially for those who are to be set apart to the
spiritual, holy work of the ministry, to be in haste to
enlist in an enterprise, which, besides being foreign
to their great work most unhappily divides the
public, & is strongly disapproved by so large a proportion
of the wisest & best men in the land, &
which may possibly, lead to results, that will be
painful to every benevolent heart.

We presume it is altogether the unnecessary for
us to say, that it is far from our intentions or wishes
to hinder you in the least from enjoying that perfect
freedom of inquiry on this subject , which every member
of the Seminary enjoys on all other subjects, or to
abridge the liberty you have to discuss any question,
& to form & express your own opinions, as individuals.
What we now have in view is the formation of
an Anti-Slavery Society within the Seminary, It is
thistogether with its natural & necessary consequences,
that we contemplate with fear, & that we cannot but
regard as incompatible with the improvement &
future usefulness of the students, & with all the
great interest of the Seminary.

The position which you & your brethren took on