On the record
But you cannot escape the judgment of the world, nor the doom of history.
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Sumner asserts that actions taken to support slavery will ultimately be judged harshly by history.
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Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
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