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Do not to-day undo the good work of yesterday, nor imitate that ancient personage who unwove at night the web woven during the day, so that her work never proceeded to any end.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Do not to-day undo the good work of yesterday, nor imitate that ancient personage who unwove at night the web woven…”
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Sumner uses a metaphor to urge lawmakers not to reverse their previous achievements.
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