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This is thy praise, America, thy power, Thou best of climes by Science visited, By Freedom blest, and richly stored with all The luxuries of life!
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Sumner praises America for its scientific advancements and blessings of freedom.
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Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
Above all, welcome to the united regenerated Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic, with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of Slavery clank in the Capitol!
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