Charles Sumner: “Therefore take heed … How you awake the sleeping sword of war: We…”

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Therefore take heed … How you awake the sleeping sword of war: We charge you, in the name of God, take heed!

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Massachusetts

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In this warning, Sumner calls for caution against provoking war, invoking a moral imperative.

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Charles Sumner: “Therefore take heed … How you awake the sleeping sword of war: We charge you, in the name of God, take heed!”