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Of all doubts, there are none more painful or indefensible than those by which human rights are put in jeopardy.
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Sumner expresses the profound moral anguish caused by doubts that threaten human rights.
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As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
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