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Yet the impulse and ardor of my convictions do not allow me to be content in any such retirement.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Yet the impulse and ardor of my convictions do not allow me to be content in any such retirement.”
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Sumner reveals his inner conflict, feeling compelled to act on his convictions despite his current limitations.
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