On the record
Thus the knowledge and virtue acquired by individuals were not diffused in their own age or secured to posterity.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Sumner discusses the lack of dissemination of knowledge and virtue in ancient times.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
Tendencies of nations, as revealed in history, teach that our aims are in harmony with prevailing laws, which God, in his benevolence, has ordained for mankind.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
Out of this pernicious prejudice have proceeded that persecution and neglect which are the too frequent lot of the world's pioneers.
Other voices in this conversation
