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To me it appears a production of altogether incalculable importance, apart from its merits in detail.
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Sumner asserts the immense importance of a particular work, indicating its value beyond mere details.
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But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
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