Charles Sumner: “The assumption, wherever it shows itself, must be beaten down under…”

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The assumption, wherever it shows itself, must be beaten down under our feet, like Satan himself, in whom it has its origin.

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Sumner asserts that the assumption of property in man must be forcefully rejected, likening it to evil itself.

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Charles Sumner: “The assumption, wherever it shows itself, must be beaten down under our feet, like Satan himself, in whom it has its…”