Charles Sumner: “Not by War, not by the hand of man, were these solid structures…”

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Not by War, not by the hand of man, were these solid structures levelled, and all these delights changed to desolation.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner reflects on the destructive power of natural disasters compared to human conflict.

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Charles Sumner: “Not by War, not by the hand of man, were these solid structures levelled, and all these delights changed to desolation.”