On the record
It is not enough to see how it reads; we must see how it works.
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Sumner stresses the importance of understanding the practical effects of legislation.
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It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
Men are erring and mortal; principles are steadfast and immortal.
Tendencies of nations, as revealed in history, teach that our aims are in harmony with prevailing laws, which God, in his benevolence, has ordained for mankind.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
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