Charles Sumner: “I have no personal griefs to utter: only a vulgar egotism could…”

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I have no personal griefs to utter: only a vulgar egotism could intrude such into this Chamber.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner emphasizes the importance of focusing on larger issues rather than personal grievances in political discourse.

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Charles Sumner: “I have no personal griefs to utter: only a vulgar egotism could intrude such into this Chamber.”