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Personal ambition at the expense of patriotism was as far removed from the simple purity of his nature as poison from a strawberry.
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Sumner contrasts personal ambition with true patriotism, highlighting the purity of character.
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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.
It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
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