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That man is dangerous,” exclaimed the Athenian orator, “who does not see danger in Philip.” And I now say, that man is dangerous who does not see danger in the Slave Power.
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Sumner likens the danger of ignoring the threat of slavery to the historical caution against Philip of Macedon.
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