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If no benefits will result--if much evil will probably ensue--the course of duty and interest is plain.
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gutenberg.orgDavid Daggett: “If no benefits will result--if much evil will probably ensue--the course of duty and interest is plain.”
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Daggett asserts that if no benefits arise from changes, the path forward is clear.
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