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The adoption of the metric system by the United States will go far to complete the circle by which this great improvement will be assured to mankind.
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Sumner advocates for the adoption of the metric system in the United States as a significant advancement for humanity.
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Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
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