Charles Sumner: “With electric might for Freedom, they send a pervasive influence…”

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With electric might for Freedom, they send a pervasive influence through every provision, clause, and word of the Constitution.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner describes the powerful influence of the Constitution in promoting freedom, suggesting it permeates every aspect of the document.

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