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The heights he gained in conscience were not always sustained in conduct.
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Sumner reflects on the challenges of maintaining moral integrity in one's actions.
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At Baltimore the delegation of the most important State in the Union, known to be in favor of the Wilmot Proviso, was refused admission to the Convention.
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The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
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