Thus on the assumption of a continuous self-supporting line the question of distance does not enter into the cost, and thus again we see the injustice of compelling the correspondence on such a line to the contributions it is now obliged to make.
Sumner argues that the cost of sending letters does not depend on distance when using a self-supporting postal line.
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