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Charles Sumner: “Conformity or compromise might, perhaps, have purchased for them a profitable peace, but not peace of mind; it might…”

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Conformity or compromise might, perhaps, have purchased for them a profitable peace, but not peace of mind; it might have secured place and power, but not repose; it might have opened present shelter, but not a home in history and in men's hearts till time shall be no more.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner reflects on the cost of conformity versus the lasting legacy of standing for one's principles.

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