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A great hour for Humanity sounded when the Republic was proclaimed.
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Sumner reflects on the significance of the Republic's proclamation for humanity.
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Confessing the Fatherhood of God, and the consequent Brotherhood of Man, we find a divine standard of unquestionable accuracy.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
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