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The American people are intelligent and humane; they are not bulls, to be turned aside by shaking in their eyes a bit of red cloth, or whales, to be stopped by a tub.
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Sumner uses a metaphor to illustrate the intelligence and humanity of the American people against manipulative tactics.
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