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But, absent or present, the cause in which the people are to assemble has my God-speed, earnest, devoted, affectionate, and from the heart.
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Sumner expresses his unwavering support for the cause, regardless of his presence.
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Men are erring and mortal; principles are steadfast and immortal.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
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