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What lawless violence failed to accomplish was urged next through forms of law.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “What lawless violence failed to accomplish was urged next through forms of law.”
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Sumner notes that when violence fails, attempts to suppress dissent continue through legal means.
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