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If in any way they become an impediment, they cease to perform their natural office, and I can easily abandon them, especially when my country may suffer.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “If in any way they become an impediment, they cease to perform their natural office, and I can easily abandon them…”
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Sumner asserts that if rules hinder progress, they should be abandoned, especially when national interests are at stake.
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