On the record
I have spoken frankly and from the heart,--if severely, yet only with the severity of a sorrowful candor, calling things by their right names, and letting historic facts tell their unimpeachable story.
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Sumner expresses his commitment to speaking truthfully and candidly about historical facts.
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