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Give him the strength which comes from the fulness of citizenship, and he will then be protected.
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Sumner argues that full citizenship is essential for protection and empowerment.
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Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
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