And since, according to our institutions, all classes, without distinction of color, meet in the performance of civil duties, so should they all, without distinction of color, meet in the school, beginning there those relations of Equality which the Constitution and Laws promise to all.
Sumner advocates for racial equality in education, asserting that all classes should learn together to fulfill constitutional promises.
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