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Scholarship, literature, jurisprudence, art, may wear their well-deserved honors; but an enterprise of goodness deserves, and will yet receive, a higher palm than these.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Scholarship, literature, jurisprudence, art, may wear their well-deserved honors; but an enterprise of goodness…”
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Sumner argues that moral goodness should be recognized as the highest achievement, surpassing traditional accolades.
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