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Thus the knowledge and virtue acquired by individuals were not diffused in their own age or secured to posterity.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Thus the knowledge and virtue acquired by individuals were not diffused in their own age or secured to posterity.”
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Sumner discusses the lack of dissemination of knowledge and virtue in ancient times.
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