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It is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.
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Sumner calls for the living to continue the work of those who fought for freedom and equality.
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The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
Without yielding to any of these extreme views with regard to the mischiefs or the benefits of party, all should agree that the only true and legitimate object of such an association is to uphold, advance, and develop certain principles…
They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
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