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Slavery is most certainly doomed; —the only fear is the results of the conflict for its abolition.
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The speaker treats slavery’s end as certain. The real concern is not whether abolition will happen, but what consequences may come from the conflict required to achieve it. The sentence therefore expresses confidence in slavery’s defeat while warning that the struggle to abolish it may bring serious results.
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- Life of James Mursell Phillippo, Missionary in Jamaica
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