Charles Sumner: “But here is a gate opened by the sages of the law, and standing open…”

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But here is a gate opened by the sages of the law, and standing open always, to the end that justice may not fail.

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Sumner points out that the law provides a pathway to justice that must always remain accessible.

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Charles Sumner: “But here is a gate opened by the sages of the law, and standing open always, to the end that justice may not fail.”