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But when they cease to join in their support, or when new principles are called into activity, then the common bond is dissolved, and a new association must be formed.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “But when they cease to join in their support, or when new principles are called into activity, then the common bond is…”
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Sumner argues that a political association must adapt when its foundational principles change or are no longer supported.
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