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I know not how the tale would end, but I know well that Slavery could not gain.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “I know not how the tale would end, but I know well that Slavery could not gain.”
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Sumner expresses his conviction that slavery cannot ultimately prevail, regardless of the circumstances.
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