Charles Sumner: “That country, risen from nothing, burns to figure in its turn upon the…”

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That country, risen from nothing, burns to figure in its turn upon the face of the globe and in the history of the world.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner describes a nation eager to establish its presence on the global stage.

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His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.

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Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.

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