Charles Sumner: “So absorbing at the present moment is this question, that nothing is…”

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So absorbing at the present moment is this question, that nothing is practical which does not directly tend to its final settlement.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that only actions leading to the resolution of the pressing question at hand are practical.

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Charles Sumner: “So absorbing at the present moment is this question, that nothing is practical which does not directly tend to its final…”