Charles Sumner: “It was important that our national conduct should be determined…”

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It was important that our national conduct should be determined calmly, according to the best principles, and with perfect knowledge of the past.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner stresses the importance of a calm and principled approach to national conduct based on historical knowledge.

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Charles Sumner: “It was important that our national conduct should be determined calmly, according to the best principles, and with…”