Charles Sumner: “Of all doubts, there are none more painful or indefensible than those…”

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Of all doubts, there are none more painful or indefensible than those by which human rights are put in jeopardy.

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Sumner expresses the profound moral anguish caused by doubts that threaten human rights.

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Charles Sumner: “Of all doubts, there are none more painful or indefensible than those by which human rights are put in jeopardy.”