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On the other hand, nothing is more honorable than to stand forth as the defender or the palliator of the faults imputed to others, and nothing is easier than to expand such
Conversation What to Say and How to Say it Mary Greer Conklin
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Smith was always vigorous and weighty in his denunciation of wrong, and so impatient of anything in the nature of indifference or palliation towards it, that he could scarce feel at ease in the presence of the palliator.
Life of Adam Smith Rae, John, 1845-1915 1895
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The palliator of slavery assures the abolitionists that their benevolence is perfectly quixotic -- that the negroes are happy and contented, and have no desire to change their lot.
An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans Lydia Maria Francis Child 1841
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I am now curious to see whether the following will find a palliator.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II) Augustus De Morgan 1838
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