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Upon serious deliberation, anxious to perform my duty, I feel myself unable to resist this appeal.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Upon serious deliberation, anxious to perform my duty, I feel myself unable to resist this appeal.”
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Sumner conveys his sense of duty in response to a compelling appeal during a crisis.
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