Charles Sumner: “The people of France are ignorant; he did not care to have them…”

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The people of France are ignorant; he did not care to have them educated, for their ignorance was his strength.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner criticizes a leader for exploiting the ignorance of the French people for his own benefit.

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Charles Sumner: “The people of France are ignorant; he did not care to have them educated, for their ignorance was his strength.”