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I am for our country with the aspiration that it may be always right; but I am for nothing wrong.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “I am for our country with the aspiration that it may be always right; but I am for nothing wrong.”
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Sumner expresses his support for the country while advocating for moral correctness.
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