Charles Sumner: “President, men are wisely presumed to intend the natural consequences…”

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President, men are wisely presumed to intend the natural consequences of their conduct, and to seek what their acts seem to promote.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner asserts that individuals are expected to understand the consequences of their actions in politics.

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Charles Sumner: “President, men are wisely presumed to intend the natural consequences of their conduct, and to seek what their acts seem…”