Charles Sumner: “Such is the soul of republican institutions, without which the…”

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Such is the soul of republican institutions, without which the Republic is a failure, a name and nothing more.

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Sumner asserts that the essence of republican institutions is crucial for the Republic's success.

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Charles Sumner: “Such is the soul of republican institutions, without which the Republic is a failure, a name and nothing more.”