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But the stream cannot rise higher than the fountain-head.
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Sumner uses this metaphor to express the limitations of authority and influence.
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This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
Without yielding to any of these extreme views with regard to the mischiefs or the benefits of party, all should agree that the only true and legitimate object of such an association is to uphold, advance, and develop certain principles…
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
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