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Whatever may be our technical title, in conscience the money is not ours.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Whatever may be our technical title, in conscience the money is not ours.”
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He asserts that regardless of legal ownership, the moral obligation indicates the money should not belong to the U.S.
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