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If we can, we ought; for this is nothing but the honest payment of what we owe.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “If we can, we ought; for this is nothing but the honest payment of what we owe.”
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Sumner argues that if it is possible to pay debts, it is also a moral imperative to do so.
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