“But after the spirit of conquest had changed the first governments, all the succeeding ones have, in general, proved one continued series of injustice, which has reigned in all countries for almost four thousand years.”
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Ezra Stiles
Ezra Stiles was a prominent American educator and theologian, serving as the president of Yale College from 1778 to 1795. He is recognized for his contributions to the advancement of higher education in the United States and his efforts to reform the curriculum at Yale. Stiles was also a significant figure in the American Revolution and a fervent abolitionist. more
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