Charles Sumner: “As well deny that the sun shines,--as well with puny arm attempt to…”

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As well deny that the sun shines,--as well with puny arm attempt to drag the sun from the sky; still it shines.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner uses a metaphor to illustrate the inevitability of certain truths, like the shining sun.

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Charles Sumner: “As well deny that the sun shines,--as well with puny arm attempt to drag the sun from the sky; still it shines.”