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Insist that our institutions shall be brought into perfect harmony with the promises of the Declaration of Independence, which is grand for its universality.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Insist that our institutions shall be brought into perfect harmony with the promises of the Declaration of Independence…”
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Sumner stresses the need for American institutions to align with the ideals of the Declaration of Independence.
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