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Charles Sumner: “To advance this victory, and to obtain its just fruits, there must be no relaxation of efforts, but constant exertion…”

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To advance this victory, and to obtain its just fruits, there must be no relaxation of efforts, but constant exertion, with union among good men, and a determination to yield no jot in the conflict.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner stresses the need for continuous effort and unity to secure the gains of freedom.

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