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> [Tracing the progress of mankind in the ascending path of civilization, and moral and intellectual culture, our fathers found that the divine ordinance of government, in every stage of the ascent, was adjustable on principles of common reason to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-m-evarts/tracing-the-progress-of-mankind-in-the-ascending-path-of-civilization/)

[William M. Evarts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-m-evarts/)

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