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From our vantage-ground here we must strike it, and, according to our power, destroy it.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “From our vantage-ground here we must strike it, and, according to our power, destroy it.”
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This quote emphasizes Sumner's call to actively combat and eradicate racial prejudice in society.
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