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Who in the imposing troop of worldly grandeur is now remembered but with indifference or contempt?
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Who in the imposing troop of worldly grandeur is now remembered but with indifference or contempt?”
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Sumner questions the lasting memory of worldly grandeur compared to the Pilgrims' legacy.
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