Hundreds of thousands will read it, and everywhere it will carry conviction to all willing to be convinced, and will infuse a feeling of incertitude and a fearful looking for judgment in the minds of those who resist the light and toil in the harness of party platforms irreconcilable with justice." Mr.
Sumner expresses the impact of his speech on those who are open to change and the fear it instills in those resistant to justice.
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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.
Men are erring and mortal; principles are steadfast and immortal.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
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