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Where the horse of Attila had been a blade of grass would not grow; but in the footprints of pestilence, famine, and earthquake the kindly charities spring into life.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Where the horse of Attila had been a blade of grass would not grow; but in the footprints of pestilence, famine, and…”
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Sumner uses the historical devastation caused by Attila to illustrate the aftermath of conflict and the potential for renewal.
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