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Sarcasm, satire, and ridicule are not given in vain.
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Sumner acknowledged the importance of sarcasm and satire in effective discourse.
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According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
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