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Looking at this Declaration now, it is chiefly memorable for the promises it made.
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Sumner reflects on the significance of the Declaration of Independence and its promises.
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I agree with the Convention in the importance of the new organization; nor do I think there are many candid persons, recognizing morals as the soul of all true politics, who will hesitate in this conclusion.
They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
I am opposed to a tariff for protection merely, and not for revenue."--Letter to John K.
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