Charles Sumner: “There is a time for all things; and the time has come for us to make a…”

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There is a time for all things; and the time has come for us to make a precedent in harmony with his unprecedented career.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues for the necessity of establishing a new precedent that aligns with the extraordinary achievements of an individual.

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