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Till, mocked and jaded with the puppet play, Old England’s genius turns with scorn away, Ascends his sacred bark, the sails unfurled, And steers his state to the wide Western World.
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Sumner reflects on England's disillusionment and its turn towards the Americas.
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It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
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