Charles Sumner: “For such a party there was no death, but higher life and nobler aims…”

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For such a party there was no death, but higher life and nobler aims; and this was the party to which I gave my vows.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner expresses his commitment to the Republican Party's ideals of higher purpose and moral aims.

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Charles Sumner: “For such a party there was no death, but higher life and nobler aims; and this was the party to which I gave my vows.”