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The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man.

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No true and permanent fame can be founded except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind.

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I have never known a man who was sensual in his youth, who was high-minded when old.

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From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned.

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The age of chivalry has gone; the age of humanity has come.

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Birth:	6th January, 1811
Death:	11th March, 1874
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Lawyer, Politician

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Charles Sumner was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was an American politician and senator from Massachusetts. He graduated in 1830 from Harvard College, where he lived in Hollis Hall, and in 1834 from Harvard Law School where he became a protégé of Joseph Story. In 1834, Sumner was admitted to the bar and entered private practice in Boston in partnership with George Stillman Hillard.

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