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A bungler even in its disgusting trade,

And botching, patching, leaving still behind

Something of which its masters are afraid⁠—

States to be curbed, and thoughts to be confined,

Conspiracy or Congress to be made⁠—

Cobbling at manacles for all mankind⁠—

A tinkering slave-maker, who mends old chains,

With God and Man’s abhorrence for its gains.