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But we are not to allow our friends to defeat one outrage and fraud by another.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “But we are not to allow our friends to defeat one outrage and fraud by another.”
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Sherman advocates for ethical conduct in politics, rejecting the idea of responding to fraud with further wrongdoing.
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