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And thus the strength of the whole people is transfused into this oligarchy.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “And thus the strength of the whole people is transfused into this oligarchy.”
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Sumner asserts that the collective strength of the people is being misappropriated to support an oppressive oligarchy.
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