On the record
It is the great Declaration itself, once a promise, at last a reality.
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Sumner reflects on the Declaration of Independence as a fulfilled promise of freedom and rights.
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Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
At Baltimore the delegation of the most important State in the Union, known to be in favor of the Wilmot Proviso, was refused admission to the Convention.
Confessing the Fatherhood of God, and the consequent Brotherhood of Man, we find a divine standard of unquestionable accuracy.
It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
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