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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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