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Thus is history something more even than philosophy teaching by example; it is sermon with argument and exhortation.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Thus is history something more even than philosophy teaching by example; it is sermon with argument and exhortation.”
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Sumner reflects on the deeper meaning of history as a moral guide.
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