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As a native of Massachusetts, and more than that, as a lover of my race, I want to thank you for your timely and eloquent words in behalf of universal and impartial justice.
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Sumner expresses gratitude for a speech advocating for universal justice.
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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.
Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
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