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~ Charles Sumner Quotes ~
« on: March 04, 2014, 09:48:00 AM »
Charles Sumner Quotes


An American politician and statesman from Massachusetts.
Charles Sumner (January 6, 1811 – March 11, 1874) was an American politician and statesman from Massachusetts. An academic lawyer and a powerful orator, Sumner was the leader of the antislavery forces in Massachusetts and a leader of the Radical Republicans in the United States Senate during the American Civil War and Reconstruction, working to punish the ex-Confederates and guarantee equal rights to the Freedmen.

Here are some famous quotes by Charles Sumner.




The age of chivalry has gone; the age of humanity has come.
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Re: ~ Charles Sumner Quotes ~
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2014, 09:48:30 AM »
No true and permanent Fame can be founded except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind.
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