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What Senator will set up his research or his conclusion against that of this exemplar?
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Sumner challenges senators to weigh their conclusions against established authority in legislative matters.
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Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
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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