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If I were in the position of your Government, I would act upon it, and thus, by a great strategic movement, turn the flank of the European powers, especially of the governing classes of England.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner advises a strategic approach to diplomacy that could shift power dynamics in Europe.

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