Charles Sumner: “I do not go too far, when I call it the Crime against Nature, from…”

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I do not go too far, when I call it the Crime against Nature, from which the soul recoils, and which language refuses to describe.

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Sumner labels a crime as against nature, highlighting its profound moral implications.

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Charles Sumner: “I do not go too far, when I call it the Crime against Nature, from which the soul recoils, and which language refuses to…”