![I affect no contempt for the high eminence he [Senator Stephen Douglas] has reached. So reached, that the oppressed of my species,might have shared with me in the elevation, I would rather stand on that eminence, than wear the richest crown that ever pressed a monarch's brow.](/assets/img/quote-photos/i-affect-no-contempt-for-the-high-eminence-he-senator-stephen-douglas-has-reach.jpg)
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