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Should he cheat you, it will only be a proper return for the endeavor on your part to circumvent him at the expense of fellow-citizens to whom you are bound by every obligation of public faith.
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Sumner suggests that if deceit occurs, it would be a fitting consequence of attempting to deceive others.
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