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Nobly you have dared to speak the truth, where to speak the truth, as you well knew, was to imperil life: I do not know in our day a nobler instance of moral bravery.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Nobly you have dared to speak the truth, where to speak the truth, as you well knew, was to imperil life: I do not know…”
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Sumner lauds a colleague's moral courage in speaking the truth despite potential dangers.
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