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Even if Congress be not prepared for that single decisive measure promptly ending this whole question and striking Slavery to death, there are other measures by which the end may be hastened.
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Sumner acknowledges that even if Congress is not ready to end slavery immediately, other measures can be taken to expedite its end.
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