Charles Sumner: “And this is not what the Committee or any other body of men think…”

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And this is not what the Committee or any other body of men think reasonable, but what is reasonable in the eye of the Law.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner clarifies that reasonableness is defined by the law, not personal opinions.

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