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Charles Sumner: “As peace is assured, the traditional sensibilities of nations will disappear.”

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As peace is assured, the traditional sensibilities of nations will disappear.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner predicts that as peace prevails, nations will shed their traditional animosities.

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