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It is an Oriental saying, that a cistern of rosewater will become impure, if a dog be dropped into it; but an ocean of rosewater with Rebel Slavemongers would be changed into a vulgar puddle.
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Sumner uses a metaphor to illustrate the corrupting influence of slavery on society.
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