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Commerce with fleets shall mock the waves, And Arts, that flourish not with slaves, Dancing with every Grace and every Muse, Shall bid the valleys laugh and heavenly beams diffuse.
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Sumner envisions a flourishing society free from slavery, celebrating arts and commerce.
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