On the record
Their light is gone Whose beam was borrowed: ever will Accident, Upon a day, the garment it hath lent Strip off,--make beggars of its kings anon.
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Sumner reflects on the transient nature of power and the inevitability of downfall.
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It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
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.
Confessing the Fatherhood of God, and the consequent Brotherhood of Man, we find a divine standard of unquestionable accuracy.
Out of this pernicious prejudice have proceeded that persecution and neglect which are the too frequent lot of the world's pioneers.
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