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Charles Sumner: “In this cause I never asked who were my associates or how many they would number.”

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In this cause I never asked who were my associates or how many they would number.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

He emphasizes his commitment to the cause regardless of the number of supporters he had at any given time.

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