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And so this question will never be settled until it is settled according to the great principles of justice.
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Sumner asserts that justice must be the guiding principle in resolving contentious issues.
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Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
I agree with the Convention in the importance of the new organization; nor do I think there are many candid persons, recognizing morals as the soul of all true politics, who will hesitate in this conclusion.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
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