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I found it interesting how John Brown used quotes from the Bible to justify his actions. He chose only quotes that support his position and completely disregarded all of the scripture that puts limitations on that. It shows that some trends in politics never die. ---Laura Peters | I found it interesting how John Brown used quotes from the Bible to justify his actions. He chose only quotes that support his position and completely disregarded all of the scripture that puts limitations on that. It shows that some trends in politics never die. ---Laura Peters | ||
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| + | Just by reading the first part, the confession, it almost makes me want to think Brown is slightly unstable. If one is trying to get a mass of people to join their side of an argument, the last thing I think one would want to do was to kill others. It turns people off from your viewpoint and doesn’t help you at all. ---Virginia Stratton. | ||
