Charles Sumner: “And yet the present effort will justify me in exposing the true…”

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And yet the present effort will justify me in exposing the true character of reprisals, as seen in the light of history.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner intends to reveal the historical implications of reprisals in his argument.

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Charles Sumner: “And yet the present effort will justify me in exposing the true character of reprisals, as seen in the light of history.”