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Now, Sir, my prayer is, that God may give you strength to do your duty this year, as no other man in or out of Congress can do it; for no other man has shown up the barbarism of Slavery like yourself.
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Sumner offers a prayer for a colleague's strength in advocating against slavery, recognizing their unique role.
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The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
Without yielding to any of these extreme views with regard to the mischiefs or the benefits of party, all should agree that the only true and legitimate object of such an association is to uphold, advance, and develop certain principles…
They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
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