Charles Sumner: “Desperate, therefore, indeed, must be that war in which each wound…”

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Desperate, therefore, indeed, must be that war in which each wound inflicted on our enemy would at the same time inflict one upon ourselves.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner describes the devastating nature of a war where both sides suffer equally from their actions.

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Charles Sumner: “Desperate, therefore, indeed, must be that war in which each wound inflicted on our enemy would at the same time inflict…”