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The trust conferred on me is one of the most weighty which a citizen can receive.
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Sumner expresses the significant responsibility that comes with public service.
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Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
More precious far at that moment the consolation that he had labored for his fellow-men, and the joyous confidence that all his cares had helped the Progress of his race!
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
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