Thus he began: “Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon this continent a New Nation, conceived in Liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” How grandly, and yet simply, is the New Nation announced, with the Equality of All Men as its frontlet!
Sumner praises the opening of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, emphasizing the founding principles of equality.
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Consent of the governed necessary in forming new governments of, XII. 298.
Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.
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