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From the moment I heard this proposition first read at the desk I have not been able to think of it without pain.
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Sumner conveys his deep emotional pain upon first hearing a particular legislative proposition, indicating its significance.
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Men are erring and mortal; principles are steadfast and immortal.
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
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