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For this she has already the regard of good men, and will have the immortal life of history.
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Sumner asserts that Massachusetts will be remembered favorably in history for its virtuous actions.
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They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
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