...him. What magnanimity, and what innocent pleading, as of childhood! You remember his words: "If I had interfered in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the intelligent, the so-called great, or any of their friends, parents, wives or children, it would all have been right. But I believe that...

...admitted: of a design on my part to free slaves.... Had I interfered in the manner which I admit ... in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the intelligent, the so-called great ... every man in this Court would have deemed it an act worthy of reward rather than punishment.......

...matter which I admit, and which I admit has been fairly proved (for I admire the truthfulness and candor of the greater portion of the witnesses who have testified...so-called great or in behalf of any of their friends, father, mother, brother, sister or wife or children, or any of that class, and suffered and sacrificed...

...admitted, — the design on my part to free the slaves. I never did intend murder, or treason. Had I interfered in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the intelligent, the so-called great, it would have been all right; and every man in this court would have deemed it an act worthy of reward...

...to excite slaves to rebellion ... it is unjust that I should suffer such a penalty . . . Had I acted in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the intelligent, the so-called great . . . every man in this court would have deemed it an act worthy of reward ... I say I am too young...