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There can be no peace founded on injustice; and any recognition is injustice which will cry aloud, resounding through the earth.
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This statement reflects Sumner's belief that true peace cannot exist alongside injustice.
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Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
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