Charles Sumner: “Fraud is always odious; but it becomes more so in proportion to the…”

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Fraud is always odious; but it becomes more so in proportion to the occasion on which it is employed.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner expresses that fraud is particularly reprehensible when used in significant situations.

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Charles Sumner: “Fraud is always odious; but it becomes more so in proportion to the occasion on which it is employed.”