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I told them I neither could nor would touch it; on the contrary, I loathed and repelled it.
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gutenberg.orgDe Alexander: “I told them I neither could nor would touch it; on the contrary, I loathed and repelled it.”
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Alexander expresses his strong opposition to the Know-Nothing movement during a political discussion.
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