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How often in other days have the opponents of Slavery been saddened by encountering the voices of friends!
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Sumner reflects on the sadness felt by abolitionists when they find unexpected opposition from those they thought were friends.
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Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
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.
It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
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