Charles Sumner: “I have read nothing for a long while that has moved me so much as your…”

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I have read nothing for a long while that has moved me so much as your speech in the Senate on the 5th and 6th inst.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner shares his emotional response to a recent Senate speech, indicating its profound impact on him.

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Charles Sumner: “I have read nothing for a long while that has moved me so much as your speech in the Senate on the 5th and 6th inst.”