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A single false principle or vicious thought may debase a character otherwise blameless; and this is practically true of the Slave-Master.
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Sumner warns that a single flawed principle can tarnish an otherwise good character, particularly in the context of slave masters.
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They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
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