Kindness, beneficence, assistance, aid, help, protection, all that is implied in good neighborhood,--these we must give, freely, bountifully; but their independence is as precious to them as is ours to us, and it is placed under the safeguard of natural laws which we cannot violate with impunity.
Sumner advocates for kindness and support towards others while respecting their independence.
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