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Let us not be driven from the position of manly calmness and moral dignity; and let us, on the other hand, be stern, so stern that our severity shall impress the prisoners that they are such.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Let us not be driven from the position of manly calmness and moral dignity; and let us, on the other hand, be stern, so…”
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Sumner emphasizes the importance of maintaining moral dignity in the treatment of prisoners.
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