Charles Sumner: “Where, then, is the sanction of this pretension by which a brother…”

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Where, then, is the sanction of this pretension by which a brother lays violent hands upon a brother?

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Massachusetts

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He questions the moral justification for violence among brothers, emphasizing the need for compassion.

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Charles Sumner: “Where, then, is the sanction of this pretension by which a brother lays violent hands upon a brother?”