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The question naturally arises, why such confusion has been allowed so long without correction.
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Sumner questions the longstanding confusion in measurement systems, highlighting the need for clarity.
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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.
Confessing the Fatherhood of God, and the consequent Brotherhood of Man, we find a divine standard of unquestionable accuracy.
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.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
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