Charles Sumner: “This is in accordance with all the authorities and unbroken usage; but…”

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This is in accordance with all the authorities and unbroken usage; but it has peculiar value at this moment, because it is the text of Blackstone.

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Sumner highlights the significance of Blackstone's text in understanding legal traditions.

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