Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Sumners” in chapter 2, page 40 of Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3:
...higher sentiments.
It introduced into the discussions of the period the term equality before the law, taken from the French, and then unfamiliar to the English language.
It marks the beginning of Sumners warfare on caste, and of his persistent advocacy of equal civil and political rights for all, irrespective of condition and race, which continued through his life.
Its general thought
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