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How feeble is language to depict the stupendous barbarism!
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Sumner expresses the inadequacy of language to convey the horrors of barbarism.
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Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
Confessing the Fatherhood of God, and the consequent Brotherhood of Man, we find a divine standard of unquestionable accuracy.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
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