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Charles Sumner: “He has done that which he ought not to have done, and has left undone that which he ought to have done.”

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He has done that which he ought not to have done, and has left undone that which he ought to have done.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner condemns the President for failing to fulfill his duties, impacting the lives of others.

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