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The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.
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Sumner highlights the inadequacy of past beliefs in addressing contemporary challenges.
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The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
Men are erring and mortal; principles are steadfast and immortal.
At Baltimore the delegation of the most important State in the Union, known to be in favor of the Wilmot Proviso, was refused admission to the Convention.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
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