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Nay, Sir, the very suggestion of the Senator is an insult to him, which he is too just to resent, but which cannot fail to excite a smile of derision.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Nay, Sir, the very suggestion of the Senator is an insult to him, which he is too just to resent, but which cannot fail…”
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Sumner defends the dignity of a ruler against an insulting suggestion made by a colleague.
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