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We are mechanics, and the machine we are constructing has for its object the conservation of Equal Rights.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “We are mechanics, and the machine we are constructing has for its object the conservation of Equal Rights.”
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Sumner emphasizes the importance of equal rights in the legislative process.
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