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To be in the right is as surely to be allied to victory as that God reigns.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “To be in the right is as surely to be allied to victory as that God reigns.”
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Sumner draws a powerful analogy between being right and achieving victory, emphasizing moral certainty.
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