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The thought of going abroad makes my heart leap.

The thought of going abroad makes my heart leap.

Charles Sumner
Heart, My Heart, Leap

War is a positive, precise and specific evil, of gigantic proportions ...making within the sphere of its influence all true grandeur impossible.

Charles Sumner
War, Evil, Spheres
Charles Sumner (1871). “Addresses on War”, p.14

I am without religious feeling.

Charles Sumner
Religious, Feelings, Atheism
Charles Sumner, Beverly Wilson Palmer (1990). “The selected letters of Charles Sumner”, Northeastern Univ Pr

The press, watchful with more than the hundred eyes of Argus, strong with more than the hundred arms of Briareus, not only guards all the conquests of civilization, but leads the way to future triumphs.

Charles Sumner
Strong, Eye, Civilization
Charles Sumner (2016). “The Complete Works of Charles Sumner”, p.593, Library of Alexandria

The phrase public office is a public trust, has of last become common property.

Charles Sumner
Office, Lasts, Phrases

Whatever may be the temporary applause of men, or the expressions of public opinion, it may be asserted without fear of contradiction, that no true and permanent fame can be founded, except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind.

Charles Sumner
Men, Expression, Public Opinion
Charles Sumner (1850). “Orations and Speeches [1845-1850]”, p.332

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