Letter Perfect

Anton Pavlis of Guelph, Ontario, devised this monstrous alphametic, which has 41 addends. If each letter consistently stands for a particular digit, what sum does this expression denote?

   SO
 MANY
 MORE
  MEN
 SEEM
   TO
  SAY
 THAT
 THEY
  MAY
 SOON
  TRY
   TO
 STAY
   AT
 HOME
   SO
   AS
   TO
  SEE
   OR
 HEAR
  THE
 SAME
  ONE
  MAN
  TRY
   TO
 MEET
  THE
 TEAM
   ON
  THE
 MOON
   AS
   HE
  HAS
   AT
  THE
OTHER
+ TEN
-----
TESTS

Don’t even try to solve it — here’s the answer:

   31
 2764
 2180
  206
 3002
   91
  374
 9579
 9504
  274
 3116
  984
   91
 3974
   79
 5120
   31
   73
   91
  300
   18
 5078
  950
 3720
  160
  276
  984
   91
 2009
  950
 9072
   16
  950
 2116
   73
   50
  573
   79
  950
19508
+ 906
-----
90393

(From the Journal of Recreational Mathematics, via Crux Mathematicorum, April 1983.)