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A new text of the Constitution cannot be considered too carefully even in this respect, especially when it is nothing less than a new article of Freedom.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “A new text of the Constitution cannot be considered too carefully even in this respect, especially when it is nothing…”
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Sumner emphasizes the importance of carefully considering any new constitutional amendments related to freedom.
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