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cunning; have poisoned the minds of these people to such an extent as to palsy effort. It requires the presence of a man, constantly whose whole soul is in the work of elevating these people; one in whom they can place implicit confidence, to boldly refute these foul slanders against the noblest cause & the most self-sacrificing men & women that have each gone forth to do battle for humanity. 
On the matter of schoolhouses, I have deliberated much, & have some to this conclusion: Government made an appropriation, last session of Congress, of five hundred thousand dollars, ($500,000) for the purpose of furnishing houses to destitute localities. There are some ten