Charles Sumner: “Though not a rhetorician, he spoke with ease and effect, while every…”

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Though not a rhetorician, he spoke with ease and effect, while every word had the inspiration of noble ideas, often expressed with sententious force.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner acknowledges that despite not being a trained orator, the individual spoke effectively and with noble ideas.

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