Charles Sumner: “Did the discomfited champions of Freedom fail, who have left those…”

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Did the discomfited champions of Freedom fail, who have left those names in history that can never die?

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Massachusetts

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Sumner honors the champions of freedom, asserting that their contributions to history are everlasting despite their struggles.

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Charles Sumner: “Did the discomfited champions of Freedom fail, who have left those names in history that can never die?”