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One reason avowed is brutal; the other is frivolous; both are criminal.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “One reason avowed is brutal; the other is frivolous; both are criminal.”
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Sumner critiques the reasons given for the war as both brutal and frivolous.
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