On the record
To reject it for parchment is as if we imitated the early Arabs, and inscribed our statutes on the shoulder-blades of sheep.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Sumner compares the rejection of paper for parchment to an outdated practice of inscribing laws on animal bones.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
More precious far at that moment the consolation that he had labored for his fellow-men, and the joyous confidence that all his cares had helped the Progress of his race!
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
Without yielding to any of these extreme views with regard to the mischiefs or the benefits of party, all should agree that the only true and legitimate object of such an association is to uphold, advance, and develop certain principles…
Other voices in this conversation
