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It seems to me, then, idle to thresh over old straw when the grain is not only winnowed, but gone to the mill.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “It seems to me, then, idle to thresh over old straw when the grain is not only winnowed, but gone to the mill.”
Editor's note · Context
Reid criticizes the futility of revisiting past debates that have already been resolved.
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