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There may be a time, and there may be circumstances, when such representation will be proper; but clearly at this moment it is improper, unreasonable, and dangerous.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “There may be a time, and there may be circumstances, when such representation will be proper; but clearly at this moment…”
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Sumner acknowledges that there may be appropriate times for representation, but argues that the current moment is not one of them.
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