Charles Sumner: “It is the necessary result of barbarism, in all its phases, to furnish…”

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It is the necessary result of barbarism, in all its phases, to furnish historic parallels by reproducing itself in viler forms.

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Sumner asserts that barbarism inevitably leads to historical repetition, suggesting a cyclical nature of violence and oppression throughout history.

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