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Better strive in this cause, even unsuccessfully, than never strive at all.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Better strive in this cause, even unsuccessfully, than never strive at all.”
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Sumner advocates for the importance of striving for a just cause, regardless of the outcome.
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