It is the boast of our institutions that they stand upon the intelligence of the people, and it is a further boast that we supply education for all at the public cost; but books are indispensable in this benefaction.
Sumner emphasizes the importance of education and access to books as a cornerstone of American democracy.
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The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
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