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I know my friend means no such thing; but I insist that the policy he recommends tends to such fatal end.
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Sumner challenges a colleague's policy recommendation, arguing that it could lead to disastrous consequences.
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Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
I am opposed to a tariff for protection merely, and not for revenue."--Letter to John K.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
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