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I did not intend to cast ridicule upon the house, but to expose the absurdity of that resolution, against which I had protested as unconstitutional and unjust.
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gutenberg.orgJosiah Quincy: “I did not intend to cast ridicule upon the house, but to expose the absurdity of that resolution, against which I had…”
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Quincy defends his intention to question a resolution, arguing it was to highlight its absurdity rather than to ridicule.
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