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How indignant have I felt the last six weeks at the tone of the leading papers towards our country!
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Sumner shares his indignation over the negative portrayal of the United States in leading newspapers.
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They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
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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