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For thirty years I have considered it the leading and most important subject before the nation.
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Sumner identifies slavery as a crucial issue that has occupied his thoughts for three decades.
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The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
I am in favor of a tariff for revenue, such a one as will yield a sufficient amount to the treasury to defray the expenses of the government, economically administered.
Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
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