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And yet Slave-Masters, disregarding its irrational character, insensible to its folly, heedless of its impiety, and unconscious of its Barbarism, openly adopt the Duel as regulator of manners and conduct.
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Sumner criticizes slave masters for embracing dueling as a social norm despite its irrationality and barbarism.
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