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The good citizen will imitate the good farmer; nor will he impotently attempt to set up any statute of man against the ordinances of God, which determine good and evil, right and wrong, justice and injustice.
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Sumner compares the responsibilities of a good citizen to those of a good farmer, emphasizing moral integrity.
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