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Coming to terms with this reality will allow us to strengthen and maximize the full power and potential of our nation—the one dedicated to the proposition of equality.

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He took a distinguished part in the Crimean War ... American birth. He did at Solotnum, Switzerland. 27. -- GIDDINGS, Hon. JOSHUA REED, for many years member of Congress from Ohio, and since 1861 ...