Charles Sumner: “Look at the question as you will, in the light of morals or of…”

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Look at the question as you will, in the light of morals or of jurisprudence, and the answer is the same.

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Sumner states that the moral and legal perspectives converge on the same conclusion regarding the issue at hand.

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Charles Sumner: “Look at the question as you will, in the light of morals or of jurisprudence, and the answer is the same.”