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Great as is the magic of a State, there is to my mind a greater magic in the Nation.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Great as is the magic of a State, there is to my mind a greater magic in the Nation.”
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Sumner expresses the idea that national unity holds greater significance than state power.
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