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It is on this jumble and muddle of words that a superstructure of wrong is built.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “It is on this jumble and muddle of words that a superstructure of wrong is built.”
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Sumner critiques the flawed language that underpins unjust legal systems.
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