Charles Sumner: “What confidence can anybody have in anything founded on such premises…”

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What confidence can anybody have in anything founded on such premises, which experience, if not reason, shows to be false?

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Massachusetts

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Sumner questions the reliability of conclusions based on flawed premises, highlighting the importance of sound reasoning.

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Charles Sumner: “What confidence can anybody have in anything founded on such premises, which experience, if not reason, shows to be…”