Charles Sumner: “Nothing but necessity could keep me thus aloof, a mere looker-on…”

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Nothing but necessity could keep me thus aloof, a mere looker-on, while the great battle of Freedom is waged.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner expresses his deep desire to participate in the fight for freedom, despite being unable to do so at the moment.

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Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.

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Charles Sumner: “Nothing but necessity could keep me thus aloof, a mere looker-on, while the great battle of Freedom is waged.”