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It seems to me, however, that no occasion for denouncing an institution which is the ruin and disgrace of our nation can be inopportune.
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Sumner argues that there is never an inappropriate time to denounce slavery, which he views as a national disgrace.
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The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
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It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
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