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Though the goal is distant, and ever advancing, the march is none the less certain.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Though the goal is distant, and ever advancing, the march is none the less certain.”
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Sumner acknowledges the challenges of progress but affirms its inevitability.
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