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He did not speak more than ten minutes, but every sentence seemed an oration.
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Sumner recalls the brevity yet profound impact of a speech he heard in the House.
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Above all, welcome to the united regenerated Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic, with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of Slavery clank in the Capitol!
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.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
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