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Every day brought tidings that the Rebellion was reappearing in its essential essence.
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Sumner notes the persistent resurgence of rebellion, indicating a failure to achieve lasting peace.
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They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
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