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Charles Sumner: “In the northern part of that other hemisphere offshoots of the European race have founded a vigorous society full of…”

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In the northern part of that other hemisphere offshoots of the European race have founded a vigorous society full of sap, whose influence grows with a rapidity that has never yet been seen anywhere.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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Sumner highlights the rapid growth and influence of American society as a product of European descent.

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