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Any other conclusion would be illogical as inhuman, discreditable alike to head and heart.
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Sumner critiques any conclusion that would deny rights to enslaved individuals, highlighting its illogical nature.
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Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
Nay, more,--if it would be criminal in these several clusters of States to reëstablish the Institution of War as Arbiter of Justice, then is it criminal in the Commonwealth of Nations to continue it.
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.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
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