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It is not practically obeyed; sometimes it is evaded, sometimes openly set at nought.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “It is not practically obeyed; sometimes it is evaded, sometimes openly set at nought.”
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Sumner discusses the practical challenges of enforcing laws and the reality of evasion.
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