On the record
Such a character deserves the immortality of Art.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Sumner believes that a character like Leonardo da Vinci deserves to be immortalized in art.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
Out of this pernicious prejudice have proceeded that persecution and neglect which are the too frequent lot of the world's pioneers.
It is true, doubtless, that there are various races of men; but there is but one great Human Family, in which Caucasian, Ethiopian, Chinese, and Indian are all brothers, children of one Father, and heirs to one happiness.
Above all, welcome to the united regenerated Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic, with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of Slavery clank in the Capitol!
Other voices in this conversation
