Charles Sumner: “I know well the whole history of oaths, and how often they are the…”

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I know well the whole history of oaths, and how often they are the occasion of perjury by the wholesale.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner reflects on the historical implications of oaths and their potential for misuse.

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Charles Sumner: “I know well the whole history of oaths, and how often they are the occasion of perjury by the wholesale.”