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You cannot lightly see a great principle sacrificed.
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Sumner warns against the casual dismissal of fundamental principles that underpin justice.
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Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
I agree with the Convention in the importance of the new organization; nor do I think there are many candid persons, recognizing morals as the soul of all true politics, who will hesitate in this conclusion.
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