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In this speech, Sumner addresses the issue of slavery and its implications, highlighting his stance against it.

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Without yielding to any of these extreme views with regard to the mischiefs or the benefits of party, all should agree that the only true and legitimate object of such an association is to uphold, advance, and develop certain principles…

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According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.

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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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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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