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I cannot close this brief record of a philanthropist, constant in an age when War was more regarded than Humanity, without offering him an unaffected homage.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “I cannot close this brief record of a philanthropist, constant in an age when War was more regarded than Humanity…”
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Sumner pays tribute to a philanthropist who prioritized humanity over war.
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