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But it seems to me clear, that, if you accept the declarations of a person as decisive against his religious belief, they must be accepted as equally decisive with regard to his political belief.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “But it seems to me clear, that, if you accept the declarations of a person as decisive against his religious belief…”
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Sumner argues that declarations about religious belief should also apply to political beliefs.
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