Charles Sumner: “It gives me a pang; but it cannot make me change convictions springing…”

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It gives me a pang; but it cannot make me change convictions springing from the very depths of conscience,--nor my course.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner expresses his unwavering commitment to his beliefs despite personal pain.

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Charles Sumner: “It gives me a pang; but it cannot make me change convictions springing from the very depths of conscience,--nor my…”