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For this reason I said that the amendment held out the attraction of seeming, though unsubstantial, self-interest.
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Sumner suggests that the amendment offers a misleading appeal of self-interest.
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They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
It is clear that the only question of present practical interest arises from the usurpations of the Slave Power and the efforts to extend Slavery.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
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