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Charles Sumner: “Then came the struggle of Greece, which, after painful years darkened by massacre, but relieved by exalted…”

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Then came the struggle of Greece, which, after painful years darkened by massacre, but relieved by exalted self-sacrifice, shining with names, like Byron and Bozzaris, that cannot die, challenged the powerful interposition of England, France, and Russia.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

He recounts the struggle of Greece for independence and the involvement of major powers like England, France, and Russia.

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