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It is enough that the Proclamation has declared the slaves free.
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Sumner asserts that the Proclamation's declaration of freedom is sufficient and cannot be undone.
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The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
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