Charles Sumner: “Its primal truths, announced as self-evident, are more commanding and…”

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Its primal truths, announced as self-evident, are more commanding and more beaming now than when first uttered.

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Sumner emphasizes the timeless and powerful truths of the Constitution as self-evident.

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Charles Sumner: “Its primal truths, announced as self-evident, are more commanding and more beaming now than when first uttered.”