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It is as extended and as immortal as the Republic itself.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “It is as extended and as immortal as the Republic itself.”
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Sumner describes the enduring nature of the pledge to maintain freedom as being as timeless as the Republic itself.
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