These two vital principles belong to those divine statutes graven on the soul of Universal Man, even of the slave who forgets them, and of the master who denies them, and, whether forgotten or denied, more enduring than marble or brass, for they share the perpetuity of the human family.
Sumner reflects on the enduring nature of liberty and equality as divine statutes inherent to all humanity, transcending social status.
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It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
Men are erring and mortal; principles are steadfast and immortal.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
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