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Bartholomew, which darkens a century of France, or that of Glencoe, which has printed an ineffaceable stain upon one of the greatest reigns of English history.
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Sumner draws parallels between the New Orleans massacre and infamous historical events, emphasizing its brutality.
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They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
Nay, more,--if it would be criminal in these several clusters of States to reëstablish the Institution of War as Arbiter of Justice, then is it criminal in the Commonwealth of Nations to continue it.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
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