Charles Sumner: “As man rises in the scale of being while walking in obedience to the…”

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As man rises in the scale of being while walking in obedience to the Divine will, so is a State elevated by obedience to these everlasting truths.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner draws a parallel between individual moral growth and the moral elevation of states through adherence to eternal truths.

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