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As for the Pope, I am too old to be frightened by his shadow, and am quite sure his shadow or Substance will do less harm to the liberties of my country than will a party, who seek to acquire political power by exciting religious bigotry in the minds of their duped followers.
At the time I first embarked in the business I was worth five thousand dollars in real estate which rented for enough to support my family.
Closed with the prediction that Lincoln's administration would close with the ref... (more Ezra Cornell quotes)
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