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Such should be the final fate of Slavery, naked and dishonored, stretched where all may tread upon it.
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This statement expresses Sumner's vision for the ultimate disgrace of slavery in society.
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They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
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