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It is the young who give spontaneous welcome to Truth, when she first appears an unattended stranger.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “It is the young who give spontaneous welcome to Truth, when she first appears an unattended stranger.”
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Sumner notes that young people are often the first to embrace new truths.
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