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His generous soul glowed with indignation at the thought of man, supremest creature of earth, and first of God’s works, despoiled of manhood and changed to a thing.
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Sumner reflects on the indignation felt towards the dehumanization of individuals under slavery.
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They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
Out of this pernicious prejudice have proceeded that persecution and neglect which are the too frequent lot of the world's pioneers.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
Tendencies of nations, as revealed in history, teach that our aims are in harmony with prevailing laws, which God, in his benevolence, has ordained for mankind.
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