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Charles Sumner: “The complete overthrow of the War System, involving the disarming of the Nations, would follow the establishment of a…”

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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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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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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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