Charles Sumner: “A grand and terrible philippic, worthy of the great occasion; the…”

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A grand and terrible philippic, worthy of the great occasion; the severe and awful truth which the sharp agony of the national crisis demanded.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner describes a powerful speech that addresses the national crisis with truth and urgency.

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Charles Sumner: “A grand and terrible philippic, worthy of the great occasion; the severe and awful truth which the sharp agony of the…”