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Grant it, and he is admitted to those equal rights which allow no sacrifice.
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He argues that granting voting rights leads to true equality and eliminates sacrifice.
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Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
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It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
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