Charles Sumner: “Against this lofty truth the assaults of the adversary are no better…”

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Against this lofty truth the assaults of the adversary are no better than the arrows of barbarians vainly shot at the sun.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner uses a metaphor to illustrate the resilience of truth against opposition, likening it to the sun.

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His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.

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Charles Sumner: “Against this lofty truth the assaults of the adversary are no better than the arrows of barbarians vainly shot at the…”