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I know--I have right to say this--I know that in this course he resisted temptations and advice and persuasions which few men would not have yielded to.
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Sumner asserts the strength of a man's convictions against societal pressures.
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It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
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Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
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