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Attempts by John Quincy Adams to present petitions were thwarted in every way that vindictive rage could prompt.
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Sumner describes the obstacles faced by John Quincy Adams in presenting petitions against slavery.
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They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
Men are erring and mortal; principles are steadfast and immortal.
Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
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