Charles Sumner: “It is as an expounder of Public International Law that his name will…”

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It is as an expounder of Public International Law that his name will be most widely cherished.

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Sumner asserts that the legacy of a particular individual will be most remembered in the realm of Public International Law.

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Charles Sumner: “It is as an expounder of Public International Law that his name will be most widely cherished.”