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But the latter is only a cover for the former.
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Sumner asserts that without slavery, the conflict over state rights would not exist.
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Confessing the Fatherhood of God, and the consequent Brotherhood of Man, we find a divine standard of unquestionable accuracy.
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The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
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