Charles Sumner: “And this debt has the sanction of Religion, so that wrong to man is…”

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And this debt has the sanction of Religion, so that wrong to man is impiety to God.

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Sumner connects moral duty to divine expectation, framing injustice as a violation of both human and religious principles.

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Charles Sumner: “And this debt has the sanction of Religion, so that wrong to man is impiety to God.”