Charles Sumner: “It was the promulgation of primal truths, not only for the good of our…”

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It was the promulgation of primal truths, not only for the good of our own people, but for the good of all mankind.

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Sumner articulates the Declaration of Independence as a proclamation of universal truths beneficial to all humanity.

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Charles Sumner: “It was the promulgation of primal truths, not only for the good of our own people, but for the good of all mankind.”