Charles Sumner: “Equality of rights is the standing promise of Nature to man, and the…”

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Equality of rights is the standing promise of Nature to man, and the Republic has succeeded to this promise.

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Sumner articulates the fundamental promise of equality that nature offers to humanity.

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Charles Sumner: “Equality of rights is the standing promise of Nature to man, and the Republic has succeeded to this promise.”