Others have been made fools of by the girls; but, this can never be with truth said of me. I most emphatically, in this instance,made a fool of myself.

A man's legs must be long enough to reach the ground.

How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.

If you intend to go to work there is no better place than right where you are; if you do not intend to go to work, you can not get along anywhere.

Do I not damage my enemies after i make them my close friends?

You know I dislike slavery; and you fully admit the abstract wrong of it.

I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races: that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people.