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As well attempt to hold a man-of-war in a tempest by a little anchor borrowed from Jamaica Pond; and this is what I told the Boston Committee with regard to their petition.
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Editor's note · Context
Sumner uses a metaphor to illustrate the futility of relying on inadequate means in a crisis.
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