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In view of these things, the first subject of inquiry is not soil, climate, productiveness, and possibilities of wealth, but the exceptional and abnormal proceedings of our own Government.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “In view of these things, the first subject of inquiry is not soil, climate, productiveness, and possibilities of wealth…”
Editor's note · Context
He suggests that the focus should be on the government's actions rather than on material concerns when considering foreign policy.
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