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Here I see the triumph of personal merit, but still more the consummation of a new epoch.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Here I see the triumph of personal merit, but still more the consummation of a new epoch.”
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Sumner reflects on the triumph of personal merit and the beginning of a new era.
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