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But Nature and civilization, by solemn decree, have fixed it otherwise, marking this broad land, from Northern lake to Southern gulf, for one Country, with one Liberty, one Constitution, and one Destiny.
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Sumner declares that nature and civilization have united to define the United States as one entity with shared values.
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