Charles Sumner: “Thus, by testimony as well as by reason, in harmony with the national…”

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Thus, by testimony as well as by reason, in harmony with the national pledge, we are admonished that the work must be done by the Nation.

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Sumner asserts that the responsibility for change lies with the nation as a whole, supported by both reason and testimony.

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