Charles Sumner (1811–1874) American abolitionist and politician
The Crime Against Kansas speech (May 19-20, 1856)
“Tell me, ye that strive in vain to cramp and dwarf the soul,
Wherefore should it cease to be, and when shall essence die?”
Of Immortality.
Proverbial Philosophy (1838-1849)
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