Charles Sumner: “There is no work I will not undertake, there is nothing I will not…”

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There is no work I will not undertake, there is nothing I will not renounce, if so I may serve my country.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner declares his willingness to sacrifice everything for the service of his country.

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Charles Sumner: “There is no work I will not undertake, there is nothing I will not renounce, if so I may serve my country.”