On the record
Of them I do not speak; but without fear and without favor, as without impeachment of any person, I assail this wrong.
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Here, Sumner asserts his commitment to addressing wrongs without personal attacks, focusing on the issue at hand.
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The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
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.
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They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
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