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The associations of the day on which this deed was done added to its character as a mockery of Human Rights.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “The associations of the day on which this deed was done added to its character as a mockery of Human Rights.”
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Sumner critiques the timing and implications of a significant event that undermined human rights.
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