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They could not have looked on while the brave gladiator was thus changed into a bloody hash; least of all could they have seen the work of slaughter done by machinery.
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Sumner critiques the dehumanizing effects of warfare on soldiers and the brutality of modern combat.
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But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
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