Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Sumner” in chapter 8, page 283 of Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3:
...e of July, seven weeks before the session was to end, he was ready and anxious for an opportunity, and shortly after sought it by a formal appeal to the Senate.
In selecting his own time to speak Sumner was to expose himself to harsh criticism, and even distrust; and he had occasion
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