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If they are detained in prison, it is only because you yourselves are imprisoned here in the discharge of your responsible duties.
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Sumner asserts that the imprisonment of witnesses is a reflection of the Senate's own entrapment in their duties.
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The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
Tendencies of nations, as revealed in history, teach that our aims are in harmony with prevailing laws, which God, in his benevolence, has ordained for mankind.
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