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Let this pretension find place in the Constitution, and the guaranty clause will be restricted in operation.
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Sumner critiques a constitutional pretension that could limit the enforcement of rights.
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It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
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