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I know not how others are impressed; but I call to mind no incident in history, no event of peace or war,--certainly none of war,--more strongly calculated, better adapted, to touch and exalt the imagination and the heart than his recent visit to England.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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Sumner expresses that no historical event has moved him as much as the recent visit to England, emphasizing its significance.

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