Charles Sumner: “To arouse this public will, which, like a giant, yet sleeps, but whose…”

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To arouse this public will, which, like a giant, yet sleeps, but whose awakened voice nothing can withstand, should be our endeavor.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner calls for awakening public will against war.

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Charles Sumner: “To arouse this public will, which, like a giant, yet sleeps, but whose awakened voice nothing can withstand, should be…”