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Still, which way soever we turn, we are brought back to one single proposition,--the Equality of men before the Law.
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He concludes that all discussions ultimately lead back to the fundamental principle of equality before the law.
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The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
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.
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