Lord Mansfield first established the grand doctrine that the air of England is too pure to be breathed by a slave.

Lord John Campbell, first Baron Campbell

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Now twilight lets her curtain down And pins it with a star.

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And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky.

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In yonder pensile orb, and every sphere That gems the starry girdle of the year.

— Lord John Campbell, first Baron Campbell

Where Andes, giant of the western star, With meteor standard to the winds unfurl'd.

— Lord John Campbell, first Baron Campbell

I don't know anything about divisiveness. From our standpoint, everything was smooth.

— John Campbell

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