Charles Sumner: “Slowly recognized, they finally pass into a formula, to be acted upon…”

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Slowly recognized, they finally pass into a formula, to be acted upon, to be applied, to be defended in the concerns of life, as principles.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner explains that ideas gradually become established principles that influence practical life.

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Charles Sumner: “Slowly recognized, they finally pass into a formula, to be acted upon, to be applied, to be defended in the concerns of…”