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Here is no fixed exclusion,--nothing of which there can be any just complaint,--nothing, which is not practical, wise, humane,--nothing which is not born of justice rather than victory.
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Sumner defends a policy of inclusion that is just, practical, and humane, without fixed exclusions.
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