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Of course, this principle, uttered in a Declaration of Rights, is applicable simply to rights; and it is a childish sophism to allege against it the obvious inequalities of form, character, and faculties.
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Sumner argues that the principle of rights should not be dismissed due to observable inequalities among individuals.
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