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The cause is that of our country and its transcendent future, pictured in the flag.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “The cause is that of our country and its transcendent future, pictured in the flag.”
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Sumner speaks of the flag as a symbol of the nation's future and aspirations.
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