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There is the solidarity of nations together, and also the solidarity of a people constituting one nation, being those who, according to a familiar phrase, are “all in one bottom.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

He describes the dual concept of solidarity among nations and within a single nation, emphasizing unity among people.

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