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Now that at last they are beginning to prevail, there is increased reason to celebrate the day on which the mighty Declaration was made, and new occasion for triumph in the rays of ravishing light and glory.
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Sumner expresses a renewed reason to celebrate the Declaration as its principles gain acceptance.
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