Other rules may be set aside as inapplicable; but the rule, which, in presence of any doubtful phrase, any indirect language, or any word capable of a double sense, requires that the interpretation shall be in favor of Liberty, is the most commanding of all.
Sumner emphasizes that any ambiguous language should be interpreted in favor of liberty.
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