Charles Sumner: “Like Danton, he may cry, “De l’audace! encore de l’audace! et toujours…”

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Like Danton, he may cry, “De l’audace! encore de l’audace! et toujours de l’audace!” but even his audacity cannot compass this work.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner references Danton to illustrate the limits of audacity in achieving unjust goals.

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Charles Sumner: “Like Danton, he may cry, “De l’audace! encore de l’audace! et toujours de l’audace!” but even his audacity cannot…”