Charles Sumner said "I am a man, and regard nothing human as foreign to me," was the sentiment of the Roman poet, who had once been a slave; and these words may be adopted as the motto of our movement." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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I am a man, and regard nothing human as foreign to me," was the sentiment of the Roman poet, who had once been a slave; and these words may be adopted as the motto of our movement.

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Charles Sumner

Massachusetts

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gutenberg.org

Editor's note · Context

Sumner quotes a Roman poet to express the universal sentiment of human connection, which he adopts as a motto for his movement.

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