I wrote you hastily my congratulations and thanks on your last powerful effort, the effect of which I think will be stupendous and permanent, giving a vigor to the cause, and a definiteness to the opinion of the North, and an example of pluck more powerful in its persuasive influence than a thousand essays.
Sumner praises a colleague's impactful speech on slavery, emphasizing its significance for the abolitionist cause.
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