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You have suffered enough, even if you had done nothing; and yet what you have suffered is only a consequence of having done more than any other.
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Sumner acknowledges the suffering of a friend and their significant contributions to a cause.
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It is true, doubtless, that there are various races of men; but there is but one great Human Family, in which Caucasian, Ethiopian, Chinese, and Indian are all brothers, children of one Father, and heirs to one happiness.
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The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
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