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This is beautiful, but it is not just; in other words, it is beautiful that these opportunities should be afforded, but it is not just that the correspondence of others should pay for them.
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Editor's note · Context
In this quote, Sumner critiques the fairness of the current postal system, arguing that it is unjust for some correspondence to subsidize others.
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