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Reason recoils from the wicked absurdity of the inquiry.
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Sumner critiques a flawed argument, emphasizing the importance of reason in moral discussions.
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Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
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