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The remedy he proclaims is to give up the weak scruple which paralyzes a righteous arm.
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Sumner argues for the necessity of abandoning moral hesitations in order to effectively combat the injustices of slavery.
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Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
At Baltimore the delegation of the most important State in the Union, known to be in favor of the Wilmot Proviso, was refused admission to the Convention.
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