Excerpt from Charles Sumner Whatever value may be possessed by any later life of Sumner must consist far less in its discovery of new material than in its perspective, its point of view. Thirty-five years, a full generation, have passed since Sumner's death. His work has been put to the test in the searching fires of reconstruo tion. Day by day our dealings with the peoples of our new insular possessions are bringing into ques tion doctrines which Sumner held to be absolute and impregnable. Experience in South Africa is ...
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Excerpt from Charles Sumner Whatever value may be possessed by any later life of Sumner must consist far less in its discovery of new material than in its perspective, its point of view. Thirty-five years, a full generation, have passed since Sumner's death. His work has been put to the test in the searching fires of reconstruo tion. Day by day our dealings with the peoples of our new insular possessions are bringing into ques tion doctrines which Sumner held to be absolute and impregnable. Experience in South Africa is proving to-day how rapidly trust may make friends out of conquered foes. The time may have come for a new attempt to tell the story of Sumner's life and to appraise his service. Unfortunately the second volume of The Letters and Journals of Samuel Gridley Howe and The Diary of Gideon Welles were not available until most of this book was in type. Among the many who have helped me from their personal knowledge of Sumner, I wish to mention here with special gratitude Dr. Edward Everett Hale, whom we all mourn, Dr. Samuel A. Green, President Andrew D. White, and Mr. Arnold B. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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