Charles Sumner: “Unseen of men, the great spirits of History combat by the side of the…”

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Unseen of men, the great spirits of History combat by the side of the people of Kansas, breathing divine courage.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner invokes the spirits of history as allies in the fight for Kansas's rights.

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Charles Sumner: “Unseen of men, the great spirits of History combat by the side of the people of Kansas, breathing divine courage.”