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Following these simple rules, clemency will be a Christian virtue, and not a perilous folly.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Following these simple rules, clemency will be a Christian virtue, and not a perilous folly.”
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Sumner believes that following his guidelines will make clemency a virtue rather than a danger.
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