Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation Why saying less is often

Why saying less is often more

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Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation Why saying less is often"A thorough recounting of the great legislator's life and deed unlikely to be bettered anytime soon Tameez is expert at explaining Sumner's legal thought One cannot help wishing we had a Charles Sumner in Washington today." The New York Times A landmark biography of Charles Sumner, the unsung hero of the American Civil War and Reconstruction Charles Sumner is mainly known as the abolitionist statesman who suffered a brutal caning on the Senate floor