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I entered upon this exposure with a reluctance which I cannot express; but it was with me a duty.
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Sumner admits to his reluctance but feels a strong sense of duty to expose certain truths.
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Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
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