Charles Sumner: “Agassiz, is it right to expect him to give his invaluable services…”

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Agassiz, is it right to expect him to give his invaluable services without compensation?

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Massachusetts

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Sumner questions the expectation that a respected professor should work without pay, highlighting issues of fairness.

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Charles Sumner: “Agassiz, is it right to expect him to give his invaluable services without compensation?”