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To maintain the Republic in its unity, and the people in their rights,--such is this transcendent duty.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “To maintain the Republic in its unity, and the people in their rights,--such is this transcendent duty.”
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Sumner identifies maintaining national unity and protecting people's rights as a paramount duty.
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