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Since on the one side there is a claim of property, and on the other of liberty, both property and liberty are involved in the issue.
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Sumner highlights the conflict between property rights and personal liberty in legal disputes.
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Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
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