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That can be only by reducing them in size so that they will form a single volume, which is entirely practicable,--thus rendering them easy to read and cheap to buy.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner advocates for reducing legal statutes to a single volume to enhance readability and affordability.

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