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In duty to our country, and in duty to God, I plead against any such thing.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “In duty to our country, and in duty to God, I plead against any such thing.”
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Sumner appeals to both national duty and divine obligation in his opposition to injustice.
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