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There is no chemistry in time to transmute wrong into right.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “There is no chemistry in time to transmute wrong into right.”
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This quote emphasizes that time cannot change the moral nature of right and wrong, highlighting Sumner's commitment to justice.
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