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According to him, reprisals are nothing less than “wickedness” (improbitas), and unworthy of a magnanimous people.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “According to him, reprisals are nothing less than “wickedness” (improbitas), and unworthy of a magnanimous people.”
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Sumner quotes a respected authority who condemns reprisals as immoral and unworthy.
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