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Charles Sumner: “I would avoid estimating him too highly; but it seems to me that it may be said without extravagance, that to much of…”

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I would avoid estimating him too highly; but it seems to me that it may be said without extravagance, that to much of the firmly knit strength and unassailable logic of a Webster he unites all the fire and fervor of an Otis, with the grace and classic elegance of an Everett.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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Sumner compares a prominent figure's qualities to those of historical orators, highlighting their strengths.

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