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It takes the dreadful question out of the region of party and expediency, and holds it up in the clear sun-blaze of truth and reason, in all its deformity, and with the blackness of the pit clinging about it.
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Sumner emphasizes the need to confront the harsh realities of slavery with honesty and clarity, rather than through political expediency.
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