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No lock, no bolt, and no gate should be neglected by which Slavery may be fastened out.
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Sumner emphasizes the importance of safeguarding against the encroachment of slavery.
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Above all, welcome to the united regenerated Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic, with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of Slavery clank in the Capitol!
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
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