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Not in this way can impression be made on an evil so vast as Slavery,--so widely scattered, and so exhaustless in its unnatural supply.
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Sumner emphasizes the vast and pervasive nature of slavery, arguing that traditional methods of charity are insufficient to combat it.
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It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
I am in favor of a tariff for revenue, such a one as will yield a sufficient amount to the treasury to defray the expenses of the government, economically administered.
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