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If republican government has thus far failed in any experiment, as, perhaps, somewhere in Spanish America, it is because these lessons have been wanting; there have been no Pilgrims to teach the Moral Law.
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Sumner reflects on the failures of republican government in Spanish America and the importance of moral guidance.
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