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Nothing like it, in elevation of tone and width of scope, had ever before been heard in that Chamber.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Nothing like it, in elevation of tone and width of scope, had ever before been heard in that Chamber.”
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Sumner notes the unprecedented nature of his speech in the Senate chamber.
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