Too slowly has this been accomplished; but it is accomplished at last; and it is our duty to see that these promises are in no respect neglected, and that the Republic, One and Indivisible, dedicated to Human Rights, and an example to mankind, is upheld in every part of our wide-spread country.
Sumner expresses the importance of upholding the promises of the Republic dedicated to human rights, despite the slow progress made.
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The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
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