Charles Sumner: “Call it “a glittering generality,”--but there it is, in immortal text…”

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Call it “a glittering generality,”--but there it is, in immortal text, whose truth will be recognized more and more as time advances.

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Sumner defends the enduring truth of the Declaration of Independence despite criticisms of it being a mere generality.

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Charles Sumner: “Call it “a glittering generality,”--but there it is, in immortal text, whose truth will be recognized more and more as…”