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Wherever we turn is Progress,--in science, in literature, in knowledge of the earth, in knowledge of the skies, in intercourse among men, in the spread of liberty, in works of beneficence, in the recognition of Human Brotherhood.
Said by
Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner highlights the pervasive nature of progress across various fields and aspects of life.

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