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With such a person in high office, we could expect little else than the barbarism which rages there.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “With such a person in high office, we could expect little else than the barbarism which rages there.”
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Sumner critiques the leadership in high office, predicting negative consequences for society.
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