Let there be light” was the Divine behest at the dawn of Creation,--and this commandment, travelling with the ages and the hours, still speaks with the voice of God; yet the Law of Slavery says, “Let there be darkness.
Sumner contrasts the divine command for enlightenment with the darkness imposed by slavery.
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