Charles Sumner: “The subject was interesting at the time, but the peculiar treatment…”

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The subject was interesting at the time, but the peculiar treatment and the open assault upon existing order gave the work zest and popularity.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner discusses the popularity of a work due to its provocative content and treatment of existing norms.

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