But while this great talent secured for him always the first honors of debate, it was less important with the country, which, except in rare instances, is more impressed by ideas and by those forms in which truth is manifest.
Sumner discusses the importance of ideas over mere talent in public discourse.
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Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
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