Charles Sumner: “I can say in all sincerity, that, of all the political addresses I have ever heard,--and for thirty years past I have…”

“I can say in all sincerity, that, of all the political addresses I have ever heard,--and for thirty years past I have heard a great many, and from the most distinguished men in the country,--I have never listened to one that would begin to compare with this as a whole.”