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Equality of rights is the standing promise of Nature to man, and the Republic has succeeded to this promise.
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Sumner articulates the fundamental promise of equality that nature offers to humanity.
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The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
I am in favor of a tariff for revenue, such a one as will yield a sufficient amount to the treasury to defray the expenses of the government, economically administered.
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