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Now, Sir, while confessing and regretting the present predominance of the cities, I must be permitted to question the propriety of the proposed remedy.
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He questions the appropriateness of proposed remedies for the centralization of power in cities, acknowledging their current dominance.
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It is true, doubtless, that there are various races of men; but there is but one great Human Family, in which Caucasian, Ethiopian, Chinese, and Indian are all brothers, children of one Father, and heirs to one happiness.
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According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
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