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If such a question can be disparaged as of small moment, then have the martyred dead in all times suffered in vain, then was the costly blood lavished for the suppression of our Rebellion an empty sacrifice.
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Sumner argues that dismissing small issues undermines the sacrifices made by those who fought for freedom.
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Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
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