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Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 [Good Works!...]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05508.240 Author/Creator: Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph quotation signed Date: 12 January 1852 Pagination: 1 p. 17.9 x 10.6 cm Order a Copy

A sentiment by Charles Sumner: "Good works! Such even now is the Heavenly ladder on which angels are ascending & descending while weary Humanity on pillows of stone slumbers heavily at its feet."

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