Let it be impressed upon the heart of every one of you, impress it upon the minds of your children, that this total abolition of War upon earth is an improvement in the condition of man entirely dependent on his own will.
Sumner emphasizes the importance of individual will in achieving world peace.
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Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
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