Charles Sumner: “Bankruptcy has its tragedies hardly inferior to those which throb…”

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Bankruptcy has its tragedies hardly inferior to those which throb beneath the “sceptred pall.

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Massachusetts

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He highlights the severe consequences of bankruptcy, comparing them to historical tragedies.

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Charles Sumner: “Bankruptcy has its tragedies hardly inferior to those which throb beneath the “sceptred pall.”