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It would enter into battle with hands tied behind the back.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “It would enter into battle with hands tied behind the back.”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner uses a metaphor to illustrate the limitations imposed on a government constrained by local laws during war.
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