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It cannot be best for them that our country should do an unworthy thing.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “It cannot be best for them that our country should do an unworthy thing.”
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Sumner argues that it is not in the best interest of the country to engage in actions that are unworthy of its values.
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