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It is a great act of justice, to which, as I understand, the political parties of the country, in solemn convention, are pledged.
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Sumner asserts that the proposed measure is a significant act of justice supported by political parties in the country.
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More precious far at that moment the consolation that he had labored for his fellow-men, and the joyous confidence that all his cares had helped the Progress of his race!
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They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
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