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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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I agree with the Convention in the importance of the new organization; nor do I think there are many candid persons, recognizing morals as the soul of all true politics, who will hesitate in this conclusion.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
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