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Charles Sumner: “In the great pillory of history he stands, and there he must stand forever.”

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In the great pillory of history he stands, and there he must stand forever.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner declares that the individual in question will be remembered unfavorably in history.

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