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In professing to quote, from his 7th of March speech, a passage on which I had made a criticism, he alters the passage so as to evade the criticism, and then condemns me for making it.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “In professing to quote, from his 7th of March speech, a passage on which I had made a criticism, he alters the passage…”
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Mann accuses Webster of altering his words to avoid criticism, undermining the integrity of the discourse.
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