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Do justice and you will be twice victors; for so will you subdue the Rebel master, while you elevate the slave.
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Sumner emphasizes the dual victory of justice in both defeating oppression and uplifting the oppressed.
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But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
It is clear that the only question of present practical interest arises from the usurpations of the Slave Power and the efforts to extend Slavery.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
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