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This is grandest of the self-evident truths announced, leading and governing all the rest.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “This is grandest of the self-evident truths announced, leading and governing all the rest.”
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Sumner proclaims the significance of the truth of equality as a guiding principle for all other rights.
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