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It is melancholy to believe that in this debate they showed themselves as they are.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “It is melancholy to believe that in this debate they showed themselves as they are.”
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Sumner reflects on the melancholy nature of a debate revealing the true character of its participants.
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