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172 spheres of action, I can speak with confidence of his fidelity, integrity, faithfulness in the cause of freedom, and his ability to conduct such a Press, when established. I hope, therefore, he may succeed in obtaining the sum required; and when the Press is established, it may, in part, be supported by the friends of this country. That by the united efforts and influences of these variegated agencies we may succeed, by the Grace of our common Lord, in building up and establishing the coloured people in Canada, on a more solid basis; and they, thereby, be fully prepared for the higher duties of life, by means of which they may exert a reflexive influence upon the nefarious system of Slavery in the United States, and thus aid in the great work of human emancipation.