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Cicero speaks of change so complete as “to leave no image of a State behind.” This is precisely what has been done throughout the whole Rebel region: no image of a constitutional State is left behind.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Cicero speaks of change so complete as “to leave no image of a State behind.” This is precisely what has been done…”
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Sumner references Cicero to illustrate that a complete change can erase the identity of a State, particularly in the Rebel region.
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