It is in the hour of trial and doubt that men show themselves as they are, laying up for the future weal or woe,--and not afterwards, when all temptation to disloyalty is lost in the assured danger it must encounter, and when all positions have become fixed by events.
Sumner notes that true character is revealed in times of trial, rather than in moments of safety.
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I am opposed to a tariff for protection merely, and not for revenue."--Letter to John K.
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It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
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