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Those few semi-republican, semi-abolition, liberally inclined men in England, whom you respect, and who command, perhaps, one paper and one monthly, are a drop in the bucket.
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Editor's note · Context
Sumner dismisses the influence of a small group of liberal Englishmen in the broader context of British opinion.
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