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You cannot evade it, you cannot forget it, without abandonment of duty.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “You cannot evade it, you cannot forget it, without abandonment of duty.”
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Sumner stresses the moral obligation to confront and fulfill one's duties without avoidance.
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