Charles Sumner: “And since all that he does must be precisely according to his judgment…”

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And since all that he does must be precisely according to his judgment of the case, error here must be equally fatal.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner warns that errors in judgment by statesmen can have dire consequences, just as in medicine.

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Charles Sumner: “And since all that he does must be precisely according to his judgment of the case, error here must be equally fatal.”