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Charles Sumner: “A great hour for Humanity sounded when the Republic was proclaimed.”

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A great hour for Humanity sounded when the Republic was proclaimed.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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Sumner reflects on the significance of the Republic's proclamation for humanity.

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