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Joseph Howe

Joseph Howe

Canadian Politician

Born: Dec 13, 1804

Died: Jun 1, 1873

Britain Me Melancholy Power Will You

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My books are very few, but then the world is before me - a library open to all - from which poverty of purse cannot exclude me - in which the meanest and most paltry volume is sure to furnish something to amuse, if not to instruct and improve. Joseph Howe

Such a prostitution of judicial power can never occur again under the shadow of the British law, for no jury within the wide circle of the empire would submit to such an infraction of their privilege, even if a judge could be found daring enough to attempt it. Joseph Howe

We may smile at these matters, but they are melancholy illustrations. Joseph Howe

Smile Matters Illustrations Melancholy May

Will you, my countrymen, the descendants of these men, warmed by their blood, inheriting their language, and having the principles for which they struggled confided to your care, allow them to be violated in your hands? Joseph Howe

You Language Care Will Men Having Struggled Allow Countrymen Principles Blood Hands Confided Which Them Your Descendants Violated

My public life is before you; and I know you will believe me when I say, that when I sit down in solitude to the labours of my profession, the only questions I ask myself are, What is right? What is just? What is for the public good? Joseph Howe

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