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Yes, but if America becomes free, she will some day give the law to Europe.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Yes, but if America becomes free, she will some day give the law to Europe.”
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Sumner expresses a bold vision of America's future influence over Europe if it achieves freedom.
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