It is for all everywhere who suffer from tyranny and wrong,--for all everywhere who bend beneath the yoke,--for all everywhere who feel the blight of unjust power; it is for all mankind; it is for God Himself, whose sublime Fatherhood we most truly confess when we recognize the Brotherhood of Man.
He articulates a vision of universal brotherhood, linking the struggle against tyranny to a divine moral obligation.
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Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
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!
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
More precious far at that moment the consolation that he had labored for his fellow-men, and the joyous confidence that all his cares had helped the Progress of his race!
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