Charles Sumner: “Would to God a like spirit might diffuse itself generally into the…”

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Would to God a like spirit might diffuse itself generally into the minds of the people of this country!

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Massachusetts

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Sumner expresses a wish for a spirit of benevolence to spread among the American populace.

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Charles Sumner: “Would to God a like spirit might diffuse itself generally into the minds of the people of this country!”