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I need no volume of law, no dog-eared page, no cases to sustain me.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “I need no volume of law, no dog-eared page, no cases to sustain me.”
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Sumner emphasizes his reliance on principles rather than legal texts in his arguments.
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