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Allow me to reply at once, it has everything to do with it; it has more to do with it than the State of Ohio, inasmuch as in the Nation are all the States.
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Sumner argues that the nation is more significant than individual states in matters of education and civilization.
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Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
Tendencies of nations, as revealed in history, teach that our aims are in harmony with prevailing laws, which God, in his benevolence, has ordained for mankind.
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