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There is a time for all things; and the time has come for us to make a precedent in harmony with his unprecedented career.
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Sumner argues for the necessity of establishing a new precedent that aligns with the extraordinary achievements of an individual.
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This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
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