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Important as it is to testify and to vote, life is not all contained even in these possessions.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Important as it is to testify and to vote, life is not all contained even in these possessions.”
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Sumner reflects on the limitations of civic engagement beyond voting and testimony.
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