Charles Sumner: “Here is a precedent for the largest latitude, which you who profess…”

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Here is a precedent for the largest latitude, which you who profess deference to precedent cannot disown.

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Sumner argues that there is a precedent for flexibility in state admission processes, challenging strict adherence to rules.

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

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Charles Sumner: “Here is a precedent for the largest latitude, which you who profess deference to precedent cannot disown.”