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Mind is above matter, right is more than force, and it is vain to attempt conquest merely by matter or by force.
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Sumner asserts the supremacy of moral principles over mere physical force in achieving true success.
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Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
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