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The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.”
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Sumner highlights the inadequacy of past beliefs in addressing contemporary challenges.
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