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Charles Sumner: “There is no benefit within the bounds of imagination, so far at least as I can discern, which will not redound to the…”

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There is no benefit within the bounds of imagination, so far at least as I can discern, which will not redound to the nation from Ten-Forties as much as from Ten-Twenties.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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He believes that both Ten-Forties and Ten-Twenties will benefit the nation equally.

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