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But the mere suggestion of such an outrage roused many men who had never been your political friends; for everybody felt that to attempt such an act would be an indignity to the State not to be tolerated.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “But the mere suggestion of such an outrage roused many men who had never been your political friends; for everybody felt…”
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Sumner expresses the widespread disapproval of a proposed political action, emphasizing the collective sentiment against it.
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