Charles Sumner: “Thus has the tendency to Unity predominated over independent…”

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Thus has the tendency to Unity predominated over independent sovereignties and states, slowly conducting the constant process of crystallization.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that the tendency towards unity has triumphed over independent states throughout history.

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Charles Sumner: “Thus has the tendency to Unity predominated over independent sovereignties and states, slowly conducting the constant…”