In proportion as I quit myself, and as time sweeps me far from our combats, I enter without difficulty into a serene and pleasant appreciation of ideas and sentiments which do not belong to me.” Even if not adopting these words completely, all will confess their beauty.
Sumner expresses how time can lead to a more serene appreciation of differing ideas and sentiments.
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