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In our Law of Slavery what is there to revere? what is there at which the soul does not rise in abhorrence?
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Sumner questions the reverence for laws that uphold slavery, invoking moral outrage.
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In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
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