Charles Sumner: “There is waste as well as economy of character; but the latter is…”

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There is waste as well as economy of character; but the latter is found only in the cultivation of those principles which make Slavery impossible.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner emphasizes the importance of cultivating principles that oppose slavery as a means of developing character.

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Slavery and the: speech in New York, XI. 433.

Consent of the governed necessary in forming new governments of, XII. 298.

Sovereignty of, belongs to the people, XVI. 28.

The only Constitutional party and party of freedom, VII. 38.

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Charles Sumner: “There is waste as well as economy of character; but the latter is found only in the cultivation of those principles…”