Charles Sumner: “Ubi major pars est, ibi totum: “Where the greater part is, there is the whole.” Such is an approved maxim of the law…”

“Ubi major pars est, ibi totum: “Where the greater part is, there is the whole.” Such is an approved maxim of the law; and this maxim has in its support, first, the Law of Nature, secondly, the Law of Corporations, thirdly, the Parliamentary Law, and, fourthly, the principles of republican government.”