Charles Sumner: “Here we learn that God is no respecter of persons,--that he is the…”

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Here we learn that God is no respecter of persons,--that he is the Father of all,--and that we are all his children, and brethren to each other.

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Sumner emphasizes the idea that all people are equal in the eyes of God, promoting a sense of brotherhood.

More from Charles Sumner

Women’s National League, petition of, for universal emancipation, X. 300.

Slavery and the: speech in New York, XI. 433.

Opening of United States courts to colored, XI. 389.

Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.

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