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A regenerated State cannot afford to bear the burden of Repudiation; nor can the nation and the sisterhood of States forget misconduct so injurious to all.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “A regenerated State cannot afford to bear the burden of Repudiation; nor can the nation and the sisterhood of States…”
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Sumner argues that both states and the nation cannot afford the consequences of financial dishonesty.
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