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Though composed of many parts united into one, the Union is separable only by a crash which shall destroy the whole.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Though composed of many parts united into one, the Union is separable only by a crash which shall destroy the whole.”
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Sumner argues that the Union can only be destroyed as a whole, emphasizing its unity.
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