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A distemper like Slavery cannot be ejected like a splinter.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “A distemper like Slavery cannot be ejected like a splinter.”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner uses a metaphor to describe the difficulty of removing the deep-rooted issue of slavery.
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