Even if I err in attributing to him this peculiar position, I do not err in attributing to him these duties; for his influence is surely great, and he is at least a man, bound by simple manhood to regard nothing human as foreign to his heart.
Sumner speaks to the moral obligations of individuals to care for humanity, regardless of their status or position.
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