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Every question by which the equal rights of all are affected is transcendent.
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Sumner emphasizes the importance of equal rights in societal discussions.
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The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
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