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We degrade and disgrace ourselves; we degrade and disgrace our constituents and the country.
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gutenberg.orgWilliam Seward: “We degrade and disgrace ourselves; we degrade and disgrace our constituents and the country.”
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Seward warns about the consequences of the House's dysfunction on its reputation and that of the nation.
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