On the record
What it did was in compassion, generosity, and bounty,--not in satisfaction of a debt.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “What it did was in compassion, generosity, and bounty,--not in satisfaction of a debt.”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner distinguishes between acts of compassion and legal obligations in the context of compensation.
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