Proud as we are to tread where John Quincy Adams leads the way, there is a guide of more commanding authority--found in the eternal law of Right, and the concurring mandate of the Constitution itself, when properly interpreted--that teaches the duties of a good citizen.
Sumner highlights the significance of the Constitution and moral law in guiding citizens' duties.
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The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
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!
Confessing the Fatherhood of God, and the consequent Brotherhood of Man, we find a divine standard of unquestionable accuracy.
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