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Disguise it as you will, it is nothing but this hateful, irreligious institution.
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Sumner denounces the institution of slavery as hateful and irreligious.
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The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
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.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
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