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Charles Sumner: “I doubt if I can add materially to the argument which you have already received, but, with your permission, I ask…”

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I doubt if I can add materially to the argument which you have already received, but, with your permission, I ask attention to the point that equality is not found in equivalents.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner argues that equality cannot be equated with mere equivalents, emphasizing its unique value.

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