Charles Sumner: “The camp is peculiar in the influence it exercises; it is in itself an…”

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The camp is peculiar in the influence it exercises; it is in itself an education; but it is not the education of the statesman.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner reflects on the unique educational experience of military life, contrasting it with the education required for statesmanship.

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