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Charles Sumner: “If this principle is just for all the latter,--and nobody says the contrary now,--why hesitate to apply it in education?”

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If this principle is just for all the latter,--and nobody says the contrary now,--why hesitate to apply it in education?
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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Sumner argues for the application of just principles in education, emphasizing the need for equality in learning environments.

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