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Let them calmly, but constantly, insist upon those equal rights which are the promise of our institutions.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Let them calmly, but constantly, insist upon those equal rights which are the promise of our institutions.”
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Sumner encourages persistent advocacy for equal rights as a fundamental promise of the nation.
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