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I will not allow him to exercise it, and then take my chance hereafter of applying the corrective.
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Sumner asserts his refusal to allow a certain individual to exercise power, indicating his proactive approach to governance.
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This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
More precious far at that moment the consolation that he had labored for his fellow-men, and the joyous confidence that all his cares had helped the Progress of his race!
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
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