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No skill in the device of the system, no penalties, no bounties even, can uphold it.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “No skill in the device of the system, no penalties, no bounties even, can uphold it.”
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Sumner argues that no amount of penalties or rewards can sustain a system without public backing.
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