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Their native love of Liberty and hatred of Oppression will here find opportunity for action.
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Sumner expresses confidence that the Irish people's love for liberty will inspire them to take action.
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Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
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As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
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