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It is enough to say of this conclusion, that it is as strong as anything founded on the “argal” of the grave-digger in “Hamlet. ” Really, Sir, it is too bad that so great a cause should be treated with such levity.
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Sumner critiques the trivialization of significant issues in his time, comparing it to a famous line from Shakespeare's Hamlet.
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