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Our Republic has swollen in population and power, but it has shrunk in character.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Our Republic has swollen in population and power, but it has shrunk in character.”
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Sumner critiques the moral decline of the Republic despite its growth in size and power.
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