It may be that the different races of men proceeded from different stocks; but there is but one great Human Family, in which Caucasian and African, Chinese and Indian, are all brothers, children of one Father, and heirs to one happiness,--alike on earth and in heaven.
In this statement, Sumner asserts the unity of humanity, emphasizing that all races are part of one family deserving of happiness.
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