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There is nothing good--not a breathing of the common air--which is not on our side.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “There is nothing good--not a breathing of the common air--which is not on our side.”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner asserts that all good things align with their cause, emphasizing a moral stance.
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