Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 12 (of 20): By

Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 12 (of 20): By Charles Sumner

The speeches of Charles Sumner have many titles to endure in the memory of mankind. They contain the reasons on which the American people acted in taking the successive steps in the revolution which overthrew slavery, and made of a race of slaves, freemen, citizens, voters. They have a high place in literature. They are not only full of historical learning, set forth in an attractive way, but each of the more important of them was itself an historical event. They afford a picture of a noble public character. They are an example of the application of the loftiest morality to the conduct of the State. They are an arsenal of weapons ready for the friends of Freedom in all the great battles when she may be in peril hereafter. They will not be forgotten unless the world shall attain to such height of virtue that no stimulant to virtue shall be needed, or to a depth of baseness from which no stimulant can arouse it.
Country USA
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-08-25
Format Kindle eBook

Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 12 (of 20): By Charles Sumner