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No single man has ever so grandly struggled against the barbaric tendencies of a frightfully debauched generation.
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Sumner acknowledges the significant struggle against societal decline.
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It is clear that the only question of present practical interest arises from the usurpations of the Slave Power and the efforts to extend Slavery.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
It is true, doubtless, that there are various races of men; but there is but one great Human Family, in which Caucasian, Ethiopian, Chinese, and Indian are all brothers, children of one Father, and heirs to one happiness.
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