Charles Sumner: “Thus did these Preparations unhappily become, as they too often show…”

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Thus did these Preparations unhappily become, as they too often show themselves, incentives to War.

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Sumner argues that military preparations often lead to war rather than prevent it.

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Charles Sumner: “Thus did these Preparations unhappily become, as they too often show themselves, incentives to War.”