It is hard to see the scholarship which has been drawn from her cisterns, and the riches accumulated under her hospitable shelter, now employed to weaken and discredit that cause which is above riches or scholarship.
Sumner critiques the misuse of knowledge and resources that should support a noble cause.
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According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
I am opposed to a tariff for protection merely, and not for revenue."--Letter to John K.
Without yielding to any of these extreme views with regard to the mischiefs or the benefits of party, all should agree that the only true and legitimate object of such an association is to uphold, advance, and develop certain principles…
Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
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