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It prevaricates and postpones; but the victory is won, the odious measure is abandoned forever, and the orator’s utterances have lighted up a flame which Independence alone can ever quench.
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Sumner celebrates the triumph of a cause that has been vindicated despite initial resistance.
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According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
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