It is not for his learning and eloquence that I commend him to your respectful attention; for learning, eloquence, and even theology itself, have been prostituted in the service of an institution well described by John Wesley as the sum of all villanies.
Sumner critiques the misuse of education and eloquence in support of immoral institutions, referencing John Wesley's condemnation.
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