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He walks the streets, but always subject to the prevailing law of Equality; nor can he appropriate the sidewalk to his own exclusive use, driving into the gutter all whose skin is less white than his own.
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Sumner argues that true equality must extend beyond personal spaces to public life, where laws apply equally to all.
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