Charles Sumner: “If this were not so, earth would be heaven; for what could add to the…”

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If this were not so, earth would be heaven; for what could add to the happiness of life free from error and frailty?

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Massachusetts

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Sumner philosophizes about the nature of happiness and the inevitability of human error.

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Charles Sumner: “If this were not so, earth would be heaven; for what could add to the happiness of life free from error and frailty?”