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An argument from the abuse to the disuse of anything is the poorest kind of logic.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “An argument from the abuse to the disuse of anything is the poorest kind of logic.”
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Sumner critiques the flawed reasoning that suggests disuse should follow abuse, particularly in the context of slavery.
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