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This rule is founded in Nature, and not in Art,--on natural bodies, and not on artificial bodies,--on men, and not on corporations,--on souls, and not on petty geographical lines.
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Sumner emphasizes the natural basis of representation over artificial constructs like corporations and geographical divisions.
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