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Alas for the fresh graves already beginning to yawn, while violence, armed with your verdict, goes forth, like another Fury, and murder is quickened anew!
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Alas for the fresh graves already beginning to yawn, while violence, armed with your verdict, goes forth, like another…”
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Sumner warns of the violence and murder that may arise from a recent verdict.
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