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Charles Sumner: “As I hate war, so do I hate all its incidents, and long to see them disappear.”

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As I hate war, so do I hate all its incidents, and long to see them disappear.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

He expresses his aversion to war and its consequences, advocating for their end.

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