Charles Sumner: “And thus, with equal courage in the darkest hours, he continued on…”

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And thus, with equal courage in the darkest hours, he continued on, heeding as little the warnings of danger as the temptations of power.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner admires the leader's courage and steadfastness in the face of adversity and temptation.

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