Charles Sumner: “Crowned with those scars, shalt thou enter the just man’s heaven…”

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Crowned with those scars, shalt thou enter the just man’s heaven,-- Crowned with those scars, shalt thou stand in the record of heroes!

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Massachusetts

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This passage speaks to the honor of entering a just man's heaven, marked by scars of sacrifice.

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His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.

Consent of the governed necessary in forming new governments of, XII. 298.

Opening of United States courts to colored, XI. 389.

Sovereignty of, belongs to the people, XVI. 28.

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Charles Sumner: “Crowned with those scars, shalt thou enter the just man’s heaven,-- Crowned with those scars, shalt thou stand in the…”