Charles Sumner: “We can better spare Greece and Rome than the printing-press and…”

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We can better spare Greece and Rome than the printing-press and steam-engine.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that the printing press and steam engine are more valuable to humanity than the legacies of Greece and Rome.

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Charles Sumner: “We can better spare Greece and Rome than the printing-press and steam-engine.”