Charles Sumner: “Such a nature was essentially prophetic, for he discerned the natural…”

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Such a nature was essentially prophetic, for he discerned the natural laws by which the future is governed.

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Sumner describes a person's prophetic nature in understanding future laws.

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Charles Sumner: “Such a nature was essentially prophetic, for he discerned the natural laws by which the future is governed.”