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The proposition is as hardy as gigantic; for it takes no account of the moral sense of mankind, which is the same as if in rearing a monument we took no account of the law of gravitation.
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Sumner critiques a proposal for ignoring moral considerations, comparing it to ignoring the laws of nature in construction.
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