Charles Sumner: “Kindred is that other idea of one money; and both are forerunners…”

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Kindred is that other idea of one money; and both are forerunners, perhaps, of the grander idea of one language for all the civilized world.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner emphasizes the importance of a universal language as a step towards global unity.

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Charles Sumner: “Kindred is that other idea of one money; and both are forerunners, perhaps, of the grander idea of one language for all…”