Charles Sumner: “Revolutions of states were referred sometimes to chance, sometimes to…”

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Revolutions of states were referred sometimes to chance, sometimes to certain innate elements of decay.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner reflects on how revolutions were often attributed to chance or decay rather than to laws.

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Charles Sumner: “Revolutions of states were referred sometimes to chance, sometimes to certain innate elements of decay.”