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The complete overthrow of the War System, involving the disarming of the Nations, would follow the establishment of a Congress of Nations, or any general system of Arbitration.
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Sumner believes that establishing a Congress of Nations would lead to the dismantling of the War System.
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The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
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