O dead, wrapped in the cerements that the divine hand of Revolution folds its victims with, augustly exciting in your stormy birth, transcendently mischievous in your little life!--Senator Charles Sumner and Negro Lawyer John S.
In this poetic expression, Sumner reflects on the tragic legacy of the Dred Scott decision and its implications for justice.
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Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
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