Charles Sumner: “From day to day and week to week I vainly sought that health which we…”

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From day to day and week to week I vainly sought that health which we value most when lost, and which perpetually eluded my pursuit.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner reflects on his struggle to regain health, emphasizing the value of health when it is lost.

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Charles Sumner: “From day to day and week to week I vainly sought that health which we value most when lost, and which perpetually eluded…”