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Sumner invites supporters of freedom to join his cause against slavery.

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By Perpetual Peace Kant understood a condition of nations where there could be no fear of War; and this condition, he said, was demanded by reason, which, abhorring all War, as little adapted to establish right, must regard this final…

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Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.

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Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.

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The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.

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