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As the occasion is extraordinary, so the “means” employed must be extraordinary.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “As the occasion is extraordinary, so the “means” employed must be extraordinary.”
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Sumner emphasizes the need for extraordinary measures in response to extraordinary occasions.
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