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It has joined her name more inseparably than ever with the aspirations of Christian liberty, and the honors of disinterested patriotism, throughout the earth, and through all time.
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Sumner asserts that a person's legacy is intertwined with the pursuit of liberty and patriotism.
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Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
I am in favor of a tariff for revenue, such a one as will yield a sufficient amount to the treasury to defray the expenses of the government, economically administered.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
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