Charles Sumner: “If Fox was a boy-debater, as he has been called, then was Lafayette a…”

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If Fox was a boy-debater, as he has been called, then was Lafayette a boy-hero,--and hero of Humanity he continued to the end.

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Sumner compares Lafayette's youthful heroism to his lifelong dedication to humanity.

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Charles Sumner: “If Fox was a boy-debater, as he has been called, then was Lafayette a boy-hero,--and hero of Humanity he continued to…”