This outrage did not impair the intellect which it sought to destroy; that survived the trial, enlarged, strengthened, purified, to set forward in a new and more glorious career in the cause of Freedom and Humanity.
In this statement, Sumner celebrates the resilience of intellect and spirit in the face of oppression, asserting that true strength emerges from adversity.
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