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Charles Sumner lacked that quality which enables the practical
statesman to adjust the mechanism of complicated statutes.
He had no genius for detail. It would not have been safe
to trust him with Appropriation Bills, or Bills for raising
revenue. But he was competent to deal with questions of the
greatest moment to the State. He knew what are its governing
forces. He retained his hold on those forces. He directed
them. He caused sound principles of action to take effect
in the Government of the State in great emergencies. He converted
the people to his opinion. He inspired the people with lofty
desires. He accomplished wise public ends by wise means.
He maintained his hold on power in an important time. He
took a prominent part in great debates and was the acknowledged
leader of one side of the question. He believed that the
conscience of the people was a better guide than individual
ambitions. He always did the thing he could best do. He
did the thing that most needed to be done, the thing most
effective at the time, the thing that no other man did or
could do.


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