Charles Sumner: “Even with this drawback it did great good, by holding aloft before…”

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Even with this drawback it did great good, by holding aloft before Christendom the exalted idea of a tribunal for the Commonwealth of Nations.

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Sumner acknowledges the positive impact of the idea of a tribunal for nations, despite its flawed origins.

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Charles Sumner: “Even with this drawback it did great good, by holding aloft before Christendom the exalted idea of a tribunal for the…”