Charles Sumner: “No idle words were there, but substantial truth, binding on the…”

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No idle words were there, but substantial truth, binding on the conscience of mankind.

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Sumner asserts the importance of truth in moral discourse, emphasizing its binding nature on humanity's conscience.

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Charles Sumner: “No idle words were there, but substantial truth, binding on the conscience of mankind.”