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The question is still open, to be considered carefully, gravely, austerely, if you will, but absolutely without passion or prejudice,--anxious only that justice should prevail.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “The question is still open, to be considered carefully, gravely, austerely, if you will, but absolutely without passion…”
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Sumner calls for a careful and impartial examination of the ongoing question of justice.
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