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Some there were who saw the fearful calamity, the ghastly crime, then and there initiated.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Some there were who saw the fearful calamity, the ghastly crime, then and there initiated.”
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Sumner reflects on the grave consequences of actions taken during a critical moment in history.
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