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Nobly you have dared to speak the truth, where to speak the truth, as you well knew, was to imperil life: I do not know in our day a nobler instance of moral bravery.
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Sumner lauds a colleague's moral courage in speaking the truth despite potential dangers.
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Above all, welcome to the united regenerated Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic, with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of Slavery clank in the Capitol!
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
Out of this pernicious prejudice have proceeded that persecution and neglect which are the too frequent lot of the world's pioneers.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
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