I disconnect myself from party,” he said, “whose iron grasp holds hard even upon the least of us, and mean in my little sphere, as a private individual, to serve what seems to me the cause of the country and humanity.
Sumner articulates his intention to serve the country and humanity outside of party politics, emphasizing individual agency.
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