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The obscuration of State policies and partisan prejudices made this broad and patriotic overture, devoted exclusively to a more perfect peace, sound as soft and winning as the spider's invitation to the fly.
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This metaphor illustrates the deceptive allure of political overtures that may hide underlying dangers.
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