Charles Sumner: “This delay seems like a beneficent intervention of Providence to…”

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This delay seems like a beneficent intervention of Providence to arrest the conflict, which a sudden movement would have precipitated.

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Sumner sees a delay in conflict as a positive intervention that prevents escalation.

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