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I have lived in vain, if such an attempt on me can fail to rebound on its author.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “I have lived in vain, if such an attempt on me can fail to rebound on its author.”
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Sumner asserts that any malicious attempts against him will ultimately backfire on the perpetrator.
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