Charles Sumner: “Whatever the usage of the world, whether during the long and dreary Past or in the yet barbarous Present, it must be…”

“Whatever the usage of the world, whether during the long and dreary Past or in the yet barbarous Present, it must be clear to all who confront this question with candor, and do not turn away from the blaze of truth, that any glory from bloody strife among God's children must be fugitive, evanescent, unreal.”