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Charles Sumner: “But this argument confounds two cases which are wide apart as the poles.”

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But this argument confounds two cases which are wide apart as the poles.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner critiques a flawed argument by highlighting the stark differences between two cases.

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