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I do not venture to say that he is naturally a reformer, but I think the experience of our country attests that he does not set himself against the ideas of the age.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “I do not venture to say that he is naturally a reformer, but I think the experience of our country attests that he does…”
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Sumner reflects on the adaptability of farmers to the ideas of their time, suggesting they are not resistant to change.
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