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Charles Sumner: “But is it not for the public good that they should be excluded?”

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But is it not for the public good that they should be excluded?
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner questions whether it is beneficial for the public to allow family members in positions of power.

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