Charles Sumner: “Once a sterile letter, this is now a fruitful safeguard, to be…”

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Once a sterile letter, this is now a fruitful safeguard, to be interpreted, like all else, so that human rights shall most prevail.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that the Constitution should be interpreted to protect human rights effectively.

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Charles Sumner: “Once a sterile letter, this is now a fruitful safeguard, to be interpreted, like all else, so that human rights shall…”