FEB. 20.
You are mistaken in supposing
the great majority of the South would rejoice if slavery were not extended; at
least, this is true of the men who control public sentiment. Mr. Clay is almost
a dictator in Kentucky. His personal popularity saves him.
We live a hurried
and confused life here. So much labor to be performed, and such short days to
work in; such mighty events to control and regulate, and so little of public
spirit and intelligence to direct them! Life is quickened to an almost
unconscious whirl. One thing alone makes it tolerable to me,—the possibility of
doing something to favor the right or to check the wrong.
SOURCE: Mary Tyler
Peabody Mann, Life of Horace Mann, p. 292
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