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Without it victory would have been doubtful, and peace impossible.
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Sumner asserts that without the proclamation, victory would have been uncertain and peace unattainable.
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The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
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