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If any man be so persuaded If anyone could conceive If anyone is so dim of vision If any other answer be made If at first view this should seem If, however, you determine to If I am asked for the proof If I am wrong If I can carry you with me If I can succeed in describing If I could find words If I have done no more than view the facts If I have in any way deserved If I may be allowed a little criticism If I may be allowed modestly to suggest If I may be allowed to refer If I may reverently say so If I may say so without presumption If I may so speak If I may take for granted If I may venture to say anything If I mistake not the sentiment If I recollect aright If I understand the matter at all If I venture a few remarks If I were asked If I were to act upon my conviction If I were to recapitulate If I wished to prove my contention If, in consequence we find it necessary If in the glow of conscious pride If in the years of the future If it be difficult to appreciate If it be so If it be true If it is contended If it means anything, it means this If more were needed to illustrate. If my opinions are true If on the contrary, we all foresee If, on the other hand, I say If one seeks to measure If only we go deep enough If still you have further doubt If the bare facts were studied If the experience of the world is worth anything If, then, I am asked If, then, I should here rest my cause If there be any among us If there be one lesson more than another If this be so If this seems doubtful to anyone If, unhappily, the day should ever come If we accept at all the argument If we are not blind to If we are rightly informed If we are to reason on the fact If we cast our glance back If we embark upon a career If we had the whole case before us If we isolate ourselves If we may trust to experience If we pursue a different course If we pursue our inquiries through If we sincerely desire If we survey If we would not be beguiled If what has been said is true If you remain silent If you seek the real meaning of If you think for a moment If you want to look If you were asked to point out If you will allow me to prophesy If you will forgive me the expression If you wish for a more interesting example If you wish to get at the bottom of facts If you would see the most conclusive proof If your view is right In a significant paragraph In a wider sense In a word, gentlemen In a word, I conceive In actual life, I suspect In addition to these arguments In addressing myself to the question In addressing you I feel In agreement with this obvious conclusion In all ages of the world In all or any of these views In all times and places In an unguarded moment In answering the inquiry In any view of the case In closing my speech, I ask each of you In conclusion, let me say In conclusion, may I repeat In consequence it becomes a necessity In contemplating the causes In days to come In examining this part of the subject In fine, it is no extravagance to say In former ages and generations In further illustration In further proof of my assertion In illustration of what I have said In like manner are to be explained In like manner I would advise In listening to the kind words In looking about me In many instances In meeting this difficulty, I will not urge In most cases I hold In my estimation In my humble opinion In my view In offering to you these counsels In one other respect In one point I wish no one to mistake me In one sense this is undoubtedly true In order to appreciate the force of In order to complete the proof In order to do justice to the question In order to prove plainly and intelligibly In order to realize adequately In other words In our estimate of the past In point of fact In precisely the same way In pursuance of these views In pursuing the great objects In regard to In rising to return my sincere thanks In saying all of this, I do not forget In saying this, I am not disposed to deny In short, I say In solving this difficulty In something of a parallel way In spite of the fact In such cases, strictly speaking In support of this assertion In that matchless epitome In that mood of high hope In the anomalies of fortune In the course of these remarks In the existing circumstances In the first place, therefore, I consider In the first place we see In the first place, we should be all agreed In the fullest sense In the fullness of time In the last suggestion In the meantime I will commend to you In the next place, be assured In the presence of this vast assembly In the present situation In the progress of events In the remarks I have made In the same manner I rely In the second place it is quite clear In the suggestion I have made In the very brief space at our disposal In these extraordinary circumstances In these sentiments I agree In this brief survey In this connection, I may be permitted to refer In this connection I remind myself In this necessarily brief and imperfect review In this rapid and slight enumeration In this respect In this sense only In this there is no contradiction In very many instances In very truth In view of these reflections In what has now been said In what I have now further to say In widening our view <div style="break-after:column;"></div>

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