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There are men, who, while professing candor, yet show that the bitterness of party has entered into their whole character and lives, as the bitterness of the soil in Sardinia is said to appear even in its honey.
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Sumner critiques the hypocrisy of political figures who claim to be candid while being deeply partisan.
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