If not all children of Adam, we are all children of God,--if not all from the same father on earth, we are all from the same Father in Heaven; and this affecting relationship, which knows no distinction of race or color, is more vital and ennobling than any monopoly.
Sumner emphasizes the spiritual connection among all people as children of God, transcending racial distinctions.
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