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But no man, who is not lost to self-respect, and ready to abandon that manhood which is shown in the Heaven-directed countenance, will voluntarily aid in enforcing a judgment which in conscience he believes wrong.
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Sumner argues that true self-respect prevents individuals from enforcing unjust judgments.
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