Charles Sumner: “With pain I differ from valued friends around me, and see a line of…”

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With pain I differ from valued friends around me, and see a line of duty which they do not see.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner expresses his discomfort in differing from friends on a matter of duty he perceives clearly.

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Charles Sumner: “With pain I differ from valued friends around me, and see a line of duty which they do not see.”