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He sees what he is doing, but does not see the consequence,--that down he will fall.” And the Slave States also bite the rope by which they are suspended, and, like the unreasoning brute, see not the consequence.
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Sumner compares the actions of Slave States to a monkey that fails to see the consequences of its actions.
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