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Still a feeling has long prevailed that the system had not yet received its final form, while, with more or less precision, has been discerned that principle of equality which is essential to its completeness.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Still a feeling has long prevailed that the system had not yet received its final form, while, with more or less…”
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He observes a longstanding belief that the representation system is incomplete without the principle of equality.
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