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But here is a gate opened by the sages of the law, and standing open always, to the end that justice may not fail.
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Sumner points out that the law provides a pathway to justice that must always remain accessible.
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Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
More precious far at that moment the consolation that he had labored for his fellow-men, and the joyous confidence that all his cares had helped the Progress of his race!
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