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Out of the convictions of their hearts and the utterances of their lips against Slavery they would be condemned.
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Sumner asserts that individuals who speak against slavery would be unjustly condemned in the current political climate.
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I agree with the Convention in the importance of the new organization; nor do I think there are many candid persons, recognizing morals as the soul of all true politics, who will hesitate in this conclusion.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
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