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It is sufficient that in a great case like the present, where the correlative duties of a friendly power are in question, an act fraught with such portentous evil cannot be vindicated on a technicality.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “It is sufficient that in a great case like the present, where the correlative duties of a friendly power are in…”
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He asserts that grave matters cannot be justified by mere technicalities, especially in international relations.
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