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Charles Sumner: “Act, we entreat you, so that our country may have no fresh sorrow.”

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Act, we entreat you, so that our country may have no fresh sorrow.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner urges action to prevent further sorrow for the country, appealing to the sense of urgency.

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