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And now, Gentlemen, on this serious day, when I come, as it were, to make up my account with you, let me take to myself some degree of honest pride on the nature of the charges that are against me.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “And now, Gentlemen, on this serious day, when I come, as it were, to make up my account with you, let me take to myself…”
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Sumner expresses a sense of pride in facing the charges against him, indicating his commitment to his principles.
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