Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Wellington” in chapter 192 of C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874.:
...st gauze—all an aristocratic sham.
It did not mean anything for human freedom.
It meant hostility to the United States. It was got up by British politicians. Sir Robert Peel and the Duke of Wellington had no part or parcel in it, unless it were through sheer courtesy to the men of their class.
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