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Conciliation is always proper, where possible; but, at this stage, it is obviously impossible.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Conciliation is always proper, where possible; but, at this stage, it is obviously impossible.”
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Sumner asserts that while conciliation is ideal, it is not feasible at the current stage of conflict.
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