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I have no motive in making this motion, or this succession of motions, except my anxiety for the extension of knowledge in this Republic.
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Sumner expresses his commitment to promoting knowledge in the Republic through his motions.
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It is true, doubtless, that there are various races of men; but there is but one great Human Family, in which Caucasian, Ethiopian, Chinese, and Indian are all brothers, children of one Father, and heirs to one happiness.
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