Charles Sumner: “I am sure that a good nation will not do what a good man would scorn…”

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I am sure that a good nation will not do what a good man would scorn to do.

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Here, Sumner argues that a morally upright nation would not engage in actions that a good person would find reprehensible.

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Charles Sumner: “I am sure that a good nation will not do what a good man would scorn to do.”