Charles Sumner: “It requires no special talent to estimate the insignificance of an…”

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It requires no special talent to estimate the insignificance of an argument that can be supported only by violence.

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Sumner asserts that arguments based solely on violence lack substance and merit.

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Charles Sumner: “It requires no special talent to estimate the insignificance of an argument that can be supported only by violence.”