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It is far more instructive, and will be far more useful, and it is not at all inferior to the other in vigor or rhetoric.
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Sumner argues that a particular speech is more instructive and useful than another, highlighting its rhetorical strength.
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It is true, doubtless, that there are various races of men; but there is but one great Human Family, in which Caucasian, Ethiopian, Chinese, and Indian are all brothers, children of one Father, and heirs to one happiness.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
I am in favor of a tariff for revenue, such a one as will yield a sufficient amount to the treasury to defray the expenses of the government, economically administered.
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