Charles Sumner: “Amidst all the triumphs of genius and the splendors of art, there was…”

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Amidst all the triumphs of genius and the splendors of art, there was no national life, and Greece died.

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Sumner laments the lack of national identity in ancient Greece despite its artistic achievements.

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Charles Sumner: “Amidst all the triumphs of genius and the splendors of art, there was no national life, and Greece died.”