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Charles Sumner: “And it will not be enough to have vigor, unless you discern clearly how the case shall be treated.”

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And it will not be enough to have vigor, unless you discern clearly how the case shall be treated.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner argues that vigor in action must be guided by a clear understanding of the situation at hand.

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