Charles Sumner: “Mankind is now looking to us, and just in proportion to the eminence…”

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Mankind is now looking to us, and just in proportion to the eminence we have reached is the eminence of our example.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner highlights the global expectations placed upon the United States as a model for democracy.

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Charles Sumner: “Mankind is now looking to us, and just in proportion to the eminence we have reached is the eminence of our example.”