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As it is our perpetual duty to oppose wrong, so must we oppose Slavery; nor can we ever relax in this opposition, so long as the giant evil continues anywhere within the sphere of our influence.
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Sumner emphasizes the ongoing moral obligation to oppose slavery wherever it exists.
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