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Eminent magistrates have solemnly ruled, that, in the development of civilization, the Slave-Trade has become illegal by a law higher than any statute.
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He cites the ruling of eminent magistrates that the Slave-Trade is illegal under a higher moral law.
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The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
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