Charles Sumner: “For this I spoke in the Senate, and I shall be proud to regard these…”

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For this I spoke in the Senate, and I shall be proud to regard these contributions thus applied as my words hardened into deeds.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner reflects on his speech in the Senate and the significance of contributions as actions.

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Charles Sumner: “For this I spoke in the Senate, and I shall be proud to regard these contributions thus applied as my words hardened…”