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He consents to acts from which Civilization recoils.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “He consents to acts from which Civilization recoils.”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner critiques the actions of slave masters, suggesting they engage in behaviors that civilized society would reject.
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