Charles Sumner: “If our fathers were right in establishing free schools, it is right…”

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If our fathers were right in establishing free schools, it is right for us now to insist upon free books.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues for the necessity of free books in conjunction with the establishment of free schools.

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Charles Sumner: “If our fathers were right in establishing free schools, it is right for us now to insist upon free books.”