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But though truly belonging to Worcester on this account, I have always been glad to believe that it only justly depicted her as the “heart” of our cause,--here at least in Massachusetts.
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Sumner emphasizes Worcester's symbolic importance as the 'heart' of the Republican cause in Massachusetts.
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