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Even the most desperate conservatives are compelled to acknowledge your eloquence and ability.
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Sumner acknowledges the respect even his opponents have for a colleague's eloquence and ability.
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It is clear that the only question of present practical interest arises from the usurpations of the Slave Power and the efforts to extend Slavery.
Their existence is a disgrace to civilization; for it implies the common consent of nations to the Arbitrament of War, as regulated by these laws.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
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