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I know as well as you the absurdity of those who call Antislavery a party of one idea, of abstraction and transcendentalism, &c.,--as if the one idea of Humanity did not absorb all others of practical legislation.
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Sumner argues that the antislavery movement encompasses a broader range of humanitarian concerns beyond a single idea.
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