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I believe that I have said nothing which is not sustained by well-founded argument or well-founded testimony, nothing which can be controverted without direct assault upon reason or upon truth.
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Sumner defends the validity of his arguments and the evidence supporting them.
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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.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
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