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Charles Sumner: “If at any moment I could hesitate, your words would be an encouragement to constancy.”

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If at any moment I could hesitate, your words would be an encouragement to constancy.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

He acknowledges that encouragement from others strengthens his resolve to remain steadfast in his beliefs.

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