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With such a people there is no chance of terms and conditions, except according to their lawless will.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “With such a people there is no chance of terms and conditions, except according to their lawless will.”
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Sumner expresses the futility of negotiating with a lawless people.
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