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This is not the time for concealment, and I insist, that, if the power is exercised, its true character shall be understood.
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Sumner calls for clarity and honesty regarding the exercise of governmental power.
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Out of this pernicious prejudice have proceeded that persecution and neglect which are the too frequent lot of the world's pioneers.
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