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Des Moines County, Iowa Anti-Slavery Society minutes and declarations, 1844-1845

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it is what we might call [strike]a falsehood[/strike] 
deceitfulness. Oh. how does it sound 
to hear the scholars telling tales about 
one another I don't suppose that any one 
of our scholars would be guilty 
of such a thing but that doesn't say that 
there is no such thing going on in the 
world for if you want to hear 
[?dispiriting tone?] go among a set of 
rude schoolboys and [?hear?] them say 
who shall do this and who shall 
do that I think you would so get 
enough then to last you a while 
at [??]. What a world 
meaning is in this little word 
who is it that hath not lost 
a friend.

[upside down]
2u + 2x + 2y + z = -3
3u + 3x + 3z + 2y = 3
4u + 4y + 4z + 3x = -2
5x + 5y + 5z + 4u = 2
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u + x + y + z = s
u + x + y + z
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2u + 2x + 2y + 

2s - z = -3
3s - y = 3
4s - x = -2
5s - u = 2
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-5
5

14s - [?s?] = 0
13[?s?] = [?0?]

[strike]2 [?6?] - [?2s?] [?-?] 3[/strike]
[/upside down]

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it is what we might call [strike]a falsehood[/strike] deceitfulness. Oh. how does it sound to hear the scholars telling tales about one another I don't suppose that any one of our scholars would be guilty of such a thing but that doesn't say that there is no such thing going on in the world for if you want to hear [?dispiriting tone?] go among a set of rude schoolboys and [?hear?] them say who shall do this and who shall do that I think you would so get enough then to last you a while at [??]. What a world meaning is in this little word who is it that hath not lost a friend. [upside down] 2u + 2x + 2y + z = -3 3u + 3x + 3z + 2y = 3 4u + 4y + 4z + 3x = -2 5x + 5y + 5z + 4u = 2 --------------------------- u + x + y + z = s u + x + y + z --------------------------- 2u + 2x + 2y + 2s - z = -3 3s - y = 3 4s - x = -2 5s - u = 2 ---------------------------- -5 5 14s - [?s?] = 0 13[?s?] = [?0?] [strike]2 [?6?] - [?2s?] [?-?] 3[/strike] [/upside down]