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Why not, then, apply it throughout, so that hereafter there shall be no question?
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Sumner questioned why the principle of equal rights should not be applied universally in legislation.
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Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
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