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I will say, however, that his language and his deportment to my colleague on that occasion were aggressive and overbearing in the extreme.
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Sumner describes a colleague's aggressive and overbearing behavior during a debate, emphasizing the need for decorum.
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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.
It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
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The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
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