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Nothing from Man's hands--nor laws, nor constitutions--can be perpetual.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Nothing from Man's hands--nor laws, nor constitutions--can be perpetual.”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner asserts that human creations, including laws and constitutions, cannot last forever.
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