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Massachusetts has many arrows in her well-stocked quiver, but few could she so ill spare at this moment as the one now irrevocably sped.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Massachusetts has many arrows in her well-stocked quiver, but few could she so ill spare at this moment as the one now…”
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Sumner emphasizes the irreplaceable loss of a valuable individual to Massachusetts.
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