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These things I mention that you may see in what foulness the present Crime was engendered.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “These things I mention that you may see in what foulness the present Crime was engendered.”
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Sumner reflects on the corrupt origins of a significant political crime, emphasizing the moral decay involved.
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