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To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the law of gravitation, and kept the planets in their places.

To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the law of gravitation, and kept the planets in their places.

Approximate author period: c. 1847 AD · industrial

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Wendell Phillips
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Approximate author period: c. 1847 AD · industrial
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