Charles Sumner: “He was founder, inventor, poet, as much as if he had built a city…”

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He was founder, inventor, poet, as much as if he had built a city, discovered ether, or composed an epic.

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Sumner compares a person's contributions to society to those of a founder, inventor, and poet, emphasizing their multifaceted greatness.

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Charles Sumner: “He was founder, inventor, poet, as much as if he had built a city, discovered ether, or composed an epic.”