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Among the living orators of the country he had few peers.
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Sumner recognizes Davis as one of the leading orators of his time.
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The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
Tendencies of nations, as revealed in history, teach that our aims are in harmony with prevailing laws, which God, in his benevolence, has ordained for mankind.
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