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Charles Sumner: “The King, only a few years before, in defiance of Equality,--but in entire harmony with the conduct of the School…”

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The King, only a few years before, in defiance of Equality,--but in entire harmony with the conduct of the School Committee in Boston,--founded a military school for nobles only, carrying into education the distinction of Caste.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner criticizes the establishment of a military school for nobles as a violation of the principle of equality.

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