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It is impossible to present any principle in our history sustained by a line of precedents so imposing.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “It is impossible to present any principle in our history sustained by a line of precedents so imposing.”
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Sumner argues that no principle in American history has been supported by such a strong line of precedents as the prohibition of slavery.
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