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Thus, through sinister activity, and the wickedness of men, is good made the minister of wrong.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Thus, through sinister activity, and the wickedness of men, is good made the minister of wrong.”
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He argues that through malevolent actions, good can be twisted to serve wrong purposes.
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