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God, Nature, and all the holy sentiments of the heart repudiate any such false seeming settlement.
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Sumner emphasizes the rejection of false agreements that go against moral truths.
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More precious far at that moment the consolation that he had labored for his fellow-men, and the joyous confidence that all his cares had helped the Progress of his race!
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
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