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If I am asked to sympathize with the efforts for freedom now finding vent in rebellion and revolution, I cannot hesitate to say, that, wherever Freedom struggles, wherever Right is, there my sympathies must be.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “If I am asked to sympathize with the efforts for freedom now finding vent in rebellion and revolution, I cannot hesitate…”
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Sumner expresses his unwavering support for freedom and the struggles associated with it, including rebellion.
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