In that respect, and in that only, Charles Sumner was like him, but Sumner, in almost every other quality, was quite different from his three associates - altogether out of line. (Henry Adams)

In that respect, and in that only, Charles Sumner was like him, but Sumner, in almost every other quality, was quite different from his three associates - altogether out of line.

Henry Adams

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