Charles Sumner was born with an instinctive love of freedom, and was educated from his earliest infancy to the belief that freedom is the natural and indefeasible right of every intelligent being having the outward form of man.
Hoar emphasizes Charles Sumner's inherent belief in freedom as a fundamental right, shaped from a young age.
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The large majority was made up of sensible, strong-headed country farmers, rather slow in making up their minds, but making them up always on considerations of what was best for the Commonwealth.
The irrepressible conflict had to be fought out.
His election as Governor extracted the people from the mire of Know Nothingism.
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