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I know not, Sir, if you or I shall live to see in our Republic the vows of the Fathers at length fulfilled, as the last fetter falls from the last slave.
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Sumner reflects on the uncertainty of witnessing the fulfillment of the founding fathers' promises regarding freedom.
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Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
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