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Against this all vague speculation or divination of reason is futile.
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In this statement, Sumner dismisses vague reasoning as ineffective against established legal principles.
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They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
Above all, welcome to the united regenerated Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic, with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of Slavery clank in the Capitol!
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.
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