Charles Sumner: “I might go further, and say that by no other organization can we…”

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I might go further, and say that by no other organization can we reasonably hope to obtain such men, unless in rare and exceptional cases.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner suggests that the organization he supports is the best way to find principled leaders for political office.

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Charles Sumner: “I might go further, and say that by no other organization can we reasonably hope to obtain such men, unless in rare and…”