Charles Sumner: “How incalculably different from a well-ordered Nation, where all is…”

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How incalculably different from a well-ordered Nation, where all is natural, and the people are knit together in self-imposed bonds!

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Massachusetts

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Sumner contrasts a well-ordered nation with one that is artificially constructed, emphasizing natural bonds among people.

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Charles Sumner: “How incalculably different from a well-ordered Nation, where all is natural, and the people are knit together in…”