Charles Sumner: “There will be a new standard of excellence; and honor, divorced from…”

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There will be a new standard of excellence; and honor, divorced from blood, will become the inseparable attendant of good works alone.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner envisions a future where true honor is based on virtuous actions rather than lineage or blood ties.

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Charles Sumner: “There will be a new standard of excellence; and honor, divorced from blood, will become the inseparable attendant of…”