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A great cause is staked upon your constancy: for, except you, where among us would Freedom find defenders?
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “A great cause is staked upon your constancy: for, except you, where among us would Freedom find defenders?”
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Sumner stresses the importance of individual commitment to defend freedom.
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