Charles Sumner: “In the process of substitution the vital elixir exhales and escapes…”

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In the process of substitution the vital elixir exhales and escapes: it is lost, and cannot be recovered; for Equality is found only in Equality.

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Massachusetts

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He warns that attempts to substitute equality lead to a loss of its essence, which can never be recovered.

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Charles Sumner: “In the process of substitution the vital elixir exhales and escapes: it is lost, and cannot be recovered; for Equality…”