On the record
Here, indeed, is the Rule of Three; but the idea originally came from our country.
Source
gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Here, indeed, is the Rule of Three; but the idea originally came from our country.”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner claims that while the Rule of Three was evident in France, its original concept originated in the United States.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.
Opening of United States courts to colored, XI. 389.
Working-men of Europe, desire abolition of war, XVIII. 236.
Slave Power, necessity of political action against the, II. 207.
Other voices in this conversation
