Charles Sumner: “It is from English America, no doubt, that the first ray of the…”

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It is from English America, no doubt, that the first ray of the sciences will shoot forth, if they are to appear at last under a sky so long clouded.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner asserts that the revival of scientific inquiry will originate from English America.

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Charles Sumner: “It is from English America, no doubt, that the first ray of the sciences will shoot forth, if they are to appear at last…”