Charles Sumner: “The people, while lifting themselves to the duties of sovereignty…”

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The people, while lifting themselves to the duties of sovereignty, bowed before that overruling sovereignty whose seat is the bosom of God.

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Sumner reflects on the relationship between the people's sovereignty and divine authority.

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Charles Sumner: “The people, while lifting themselves to the duties of sovereignty, bowed before that overruling sovereignty whose seat…”