Charles Sumner: “I have no motive in making this motion, or this succession of motions…”

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I have no motive in making this motion, or this succession of motions, except my anxiety for the extension of knowledge in this Republic.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner expresses his commitment to promoting knowledge in the Republic through his motions.

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Charles Sumner: “I have no motive in making this motion, or this succession of motions, except my anxiety for the extension of knowledge…”