Charles Sumner: “You leave me here in the Old World, which, like myself, begins to…”

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You leave me here in the Old World, which, like myself, begins to feel, as Asia hath felt, that it is wearing out apace.

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Sumner reflects on the Old World and its decline, paralleling his own feelings.

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Charles Sumner: “You leave me here in the Old World, which, like myself, begins to feel, as Asia hath felt, that it is wearing out apace.”