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Better wait for the days of peace, soon to come, I trust, when your means will be greater, and you will approach the question in a calmer mood.
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Sumner suggests waiting for a more peaceful time to consider art expenditures, reflecting on the importance of context in decision-making.
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Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
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