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The words of twofold power and corresponding obligation are plain, and beyond question.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “The words of twofold power and corresponding obligation are plain, and beyond question.”
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Sumner asserts that the terms of power and obligation in the Constitution are clear and unquestionable.
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