Charles Sumner: “But what limp so mean as that of this pretended power? what smoke so…”

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But what limp so mean as that of this pretended power? what smoke so foul as its breath? what pitch so defiling as its touch?

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Massachusetts

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Sumner critiques the nature of power and its corrupting influence.

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Charles Sumner: “But what limp so mean as that of this pretended power? what smoke so foul as its breath? what pitch so defiling as its…”