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Charles Sumner: “Nor do I see reason to doubt, that, in the evolution of events, the time is at hand when government will be subordinated…”

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Nor do I see reason to doubt, that, in the evolution of events, the time is at hand when government will be subordinated to unquestionable truth, making diversity of opinion as impossible in this lofty science as it is now impossible in other sciences already mastered by man.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner predicts a future where government will align with undeniable truths, eliminating diverse opinions in governance.

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