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But you will allow me to remind you that the ideas of the Revolution and the solemn promises of the Declaration of Independence are still debated.
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Sumner emphasizes the ongoing debate surrounding the principles of the American Revolution and the Declaration of Independence.
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Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
I agree with the Convention in the importance of the new organization; nor do I think there are many candid persons, recognizing morals as the soul of all true politics, who will hesitate in this conclusion.
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