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Are we ready to enter upon this bloody dance?
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Are we ready to enter upon this bloody dance?”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner uses the metaphor of a 'bloody dance' to express his disapproval of entering into conflict.
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