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Not to inquire is to set at defiance all rules of decency and common-sense.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Not to inquire is to set at defiance all rules of decency and common-sense.”
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Sumner asserts that failing to investigate is a violation of decency and common sense.
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