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For this reason I said that the amendment held out the attraction of seeming, though unsubstantial, self-interest.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “For this reason I said that the amendment held out the attraction of seeming, though unsubstantial, self-interest.”
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Sumner suggests that the amendment offers a misleading appeal of self-interest.
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