Our municipal history should be carefully read, and, unless we are prepared to disown our fathers, the conduct of Boston at memorable times should be set forward anew, as an example which her children must never forget.
Sumner emphasizes the importance of Boston's historical actions as a lesson for future generations.
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I am opposed to a tariff for protection merely, and not for revenue."--Letter to John K.
Out of this pernicious prejudice have proceeded that persecution and neglect which are the too frequent lot of the world's pioneers.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
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