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There is not a patriot soldier who would not cry out, “Let me suffer, but save my country!
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Sumner expresses the deep patriotism of soldiers who prioritize their country's well-being over their own suffering.
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They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
It is true, doubtless, that there are various races of men; but there is but one great Human Family, in which Caucasian, Ethiopian, Chinese, and Indian are all brothers, children of one Father, and heirs to one happiness.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
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