Charles Sumner: “It will smite all the chords with a might to draw forth emotions such…”

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It will smite all the chords with a might to draw forth emotions such as no political struggle ever awakened before.

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He predicts that the struggle for liberty will evoke unprecedented emotions among the people.

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Charles Sumner: “It will smite all the chords with a might to draw forth emotions such as no political struggle ever awakened before.”