Charles Sumner: “Let this be done, and there will be a triumph with glory serene and…”

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Let this be done, and there will be a triumph with glory serene and lasting, undimmed by a single tear.

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Sumner expresses a vision of a triumphant future that is free from sorrow.

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Charles Sumner: “Let this be done, and there will be a triumph with glory serene and lasting, undimmed by a single tear.”