Charles Sumner: “To repudiate a proposition in favor of human liberty would have been a…”

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To repudiate a proposition in favor of human liberty would have been a very different thing from repudiating a proposition against human liberty.

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Sumner emphasizes the moral distinction between supporting human liberty and opposing it.

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Charles Sumner: “To repudiate a proposition in favor of human liberty would have been a very different thing from repudiating a…”