Charles Sumner: “As the Wandering Jew and his phantom, so will the Anglo-Norman and the…”

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As the Wandering Jew and his phantom, so will the Anglo-Norman and the Russian yet gaze at each other from the opposite sides of Behring Strait.

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Sumner uses a metaphor comparing the Anglo-Norman and Russian to the Wandering Jew and his phantom.

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Charles Sumner: “As the Wandering Jew and his phantom, so will the Anglo-Norman and the Russian yet gaze at each other from the opposite…”