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Entering now upon the public service, I venture to bespeak for what I do or say that candid judgment which I trust always to have for others, but which I am well aware the prejudices of party too rarely concede.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Entering now upon the public service, I venture to bespeak for what I do or say that candid judgment which I trust…”
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Sumner requests fair judgment for his actions in public service, acknowledging the challenges of partisanship.
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