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It is to fling away your arms in the very face of the enemy.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “It is to fling away your arms in the very face of the enemy.”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner uses a metaphor to describe the folly of disarming in the face of danger.
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