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The State courts have their rules of evidence,--they are beyond our control; but the United States courts are within our control, and the time has come to bring them at last within the pale of civilization.
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Sumner argues for the control of U.S. courts to align with civilized standards of evidence.
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They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
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