Charles Sumner: “More than our envy, more than thy hope, was thy guerdon, Setting the…”

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More than our envy, more than thy hope, was thy guerdon, Setting the seal of thy blood to the word of thy courage!

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Massachusetts

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Sumner acknowledges the ultimate sacrifice made in the name of courage and justice.

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Charles Sumner: “More than our envy, more than thy hope, was thy guerdon, Setting the seal of thy blood to the word of thy courage!”