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It is a system which tends, more than any else the Devil has yet invented, to destroy the feelings of general benevolence, and to make nine tenths of mankind the hopeless slaves of the remainder.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “It is a system which tends, more than any else the Devil has yet invented, to destroy the feelings of general…”
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Sumner describes the destructive nature of the caste system on societal benevolence and freedom.
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