Charles Sumner: “If this be so, the more is the pity on their account; for our cause is…”

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If this be so, the more is the pity on their account; for our cause is needful to them more than they are needful to our cause.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner emphasizes the importance of their cause for those who may not realize its necessity.

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