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Surely, then, in its retreat, smarting under the indignation of an aroused people and the concurring judgment of the civilized world, it must die,--it may be as a poisoned rat dies of rage in its hole.
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Sumner uses a vivid metaphor to describe the inevitable demise of the Oligarchy as it faces public outrage.
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The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
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