Charles Sumner: “I exult, too, that in this battle, which in moral grandeur surpasses…”

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I exult, too, that in this battle, which in moral grandeur surpasses far the whole war of the Revolution, she is able to preserve her just eminence.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner celebrates Massachusetts's moral superiority in the ongoing struggle for justice.

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