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Meanwhile your rising glory you shall view; Wit, learning, virtue, discipline of war, Shall for protection to your world repair, And fix a long illustrious empire there.
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Sumner expresses optimism about the future glory and achievements of a society based on learning and virtue.
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Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
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