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Error proceeds oftener from ignorance than from malice.
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Sumner reflects on the nature of error, suggesting that ignorance is often the root cause rather than malice.
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The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
At Baltimore the delegation of the most important State in the Union, known to be in favor of the Wilmot Proviso, was refused admission to the Convention.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
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