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Wherever education is organized at the public expense, or human rights are respected, there is seen the influence of Massachusetts, who has been not only schoolmaster, but chain-breaker.
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Sumner highlights the significant role of Massachusetts in promoting education and human rights.
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Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
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