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In the prevailing masquerade of blood the charge of Fayettism was equivalent to a decree of death.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “In the prevailing masquerade of blood the charge of Fayettism was equivalent to a decree of death.”
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Sumner describes the lethal consequences of political dissent during a time of tyranny.
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