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And it is this very class of men who have thus abjured the precepts of Jesus Christ, who have trampled upon the divine doctrines of liberty and love, that now so clamorously summon us to an obedience to law.
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Mann critiques those who ignore the teachings of Jesus while demanding obedience to unjust laws.
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