Charles Sumner: “But it equally astonished and delighted your best friends and worst…”

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But it equally astonished and delighted your best friends and worst enemies, and won for you a host of new admirers.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner notes the surprising impact of a speech on both supporters and detractors of the speaker.

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Charles Sumner: “But it equally astonished and delighted your best friends and worst enemies, and won for you a host of new admirers.”