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Its origin is Slavery, its mainspring is Slavery, its object is Slavery.
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Sumner succinctly identifies slavery as the core element of a particular system.
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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.
It is true, doubtless, that there are various races of men; but there is but one great Human Family, in which Caucasian, Ethiopian, Chinese, and Indian are all brothers, children of one Father, and heirs to one happiness.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
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