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Their failure can be no apology for us, on whom the duty is now cast.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Their failure can be no apology for us, on whom the duty is now cast.”
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He asserts that the failures of past leaders do not excuse current generations from their responsibilities.
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