Charles Sumner: “Rather should we sacredly keep it all intact, so that hereafter, when you and I, Sir, have passed away, and this…”

“Rather should we sacredly keep it all intact, so that hereafter, when you and I, Sir, have passed away, and this metropolis has grown to a grandeur and beauty which imagination cannot now conceive, that Park may remain in its entirety, a blessing to the people, for which they themselves in turn will bless us.”