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God forbid that our nation should send through all time that defiance of human nature which is found in Caste!
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “God forbid that our nation should send through all time that defiance of human nature which is found in Caste!”
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Sumner condemns the idea of caste as a denial of human nature.
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