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It is, then, in the light of duties that we are to find peace for our country and ourselves.
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Sumner suggests that understanding our duties is essential for achieving peace.
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This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
Tendencies of nations, as revealed in history, teach that our aims are in harmony with prevailing laws, which God, in his benevolence, has ordained for mankind.
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