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As well insist that an act of guilt should be judged as the mistake of innocence.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “As well insist that an act of guilt should be judged as the mistake of innocence.”
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Sumner critiques the notion of judging wrongful acts as mere mistakes of innocence.
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