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But the statutes of the land assert the contrary,--they declaring that only all white men are created equal.
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Sumner critiques the existing statutes that contradict the principle of equality by limiting it to white men.
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Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
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