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It is enough that there was “a rupture.” In such a case, the “guaranty,” according to the illustration of Cicero, was, tanquam gladius in vagina, at the disposal of France.
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Sumner uses Cicero's illustration to explain the nature of the guaranty available to France in times of war.
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