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Vain the gift of Liberty, if you surrender the rights of the freedman to be judged by recent assertors of property in man.
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He warns that liberty is meaningless if the rights of freedmen are not protected.
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Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
Nay, more,--if it would be criminal in these several clusters of States to reëstablish the Institution of War as Arbiter of Justice, then is it criminal in the Commonwealth of Nations to continue it.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
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