Nobody could espouse such a cause, and feel that its triumph was essential to save the country from prolonged bloodshed, without effort and anxiety corresponding in some measure to the transcendent interests involved.
Sumner emphasizes the deep emotional and moral investment in the cause of emancipation during the Civil War.
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