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The Constitution of the United States is written in excellent English; but if this amendment be expressed in the English language, or by any rule of grammar, I do not understand it.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “The Constitution of the United States is written in excellent English; but if this amendment be expressed in the English…”
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Sumner critiques an amendment's clarity, asserting that the Constitution is well-written and questioning the amendment's grammatical integrity.
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