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We thought their wealth and leisure led them to be generous; nobody has ever so plainly shown their accepted necessity of meanness.
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Sumner reflects on the misconceptions about the wealthy and their moral character in relation to slavery.
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I am in favor of a tariff for revenue, such a one as will yield a sufficient amount to the treasury to defray the expenses of the government, economically administered.
More precious far at that moment the consolation that he had labored for his fellow-men, and the joyous confidence that all his cares had helped the Progress of his race!
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
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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