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I would not impose a burden even upon those who have trespassed so much against the Republic.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “I would not impose a burden even upon those who have trespassed so much against the Republic.”
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Sumner expresses his reluctance to impose burdens even on those who have wronged the Republic.
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