Charles Sumner: “To unite the East of Asia with the West of America is the aspiration…”

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To unite the East of Asia with the West of America is the aspiration of commerce now as when the English navigator recorded his voyage.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner expresses the ongoing ambition to connect Asia and America through commerce.

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Charles Sumner: “To unite the East of Asia with the West of America is the aspiration of commerce now as when the English navigator…”