Charles Sumner: “In the ample record of what he wrote or said there is no word of…”

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In the ample record of what he wrote or said there is no word of adhesion to the great ideas of the Declaration.

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Sumner emphasizes the absence of support for the ideals of the Declaration of Independence in a historical figure's writings.

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Charles Sumner: “In the ample record of what he wrote or said there is no word of adhesion to the great ideas of the Declaration.”