Charles Sumner: “Long before Philosophy deduced the Law of Human Progress from the…”

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Long before Philosophy deduced the Law of Human Progress from the history of man, the Gospel silently planted it in the human heart.

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Sumner argues that the Gospel inherently instills the concept of human progress long before it was formally recognized by philosophy.

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Opening of United States courts to colored, XI. 389.

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Consent of the governed necessary in forming new governments of, XII. 298.

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Charles Sumner: “Long before Philosophy deduced the Law of Human Progress from the history of man, the Gospel silently planted it in the…”