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The patriot, the Christian, the scholar, the writer, the poet, vied in loyalty to this cause.
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Sumner emphasizes the collective commitment of various societal leaders to the abolitionist cause.
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Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
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