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In every representative body, properly constituted, the people are practically present.
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Sumner asserts that a properly constituted representative body ensures the practical presence of the people in governance.
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Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
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.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
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