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Belgium may be small in domain, but so was Greece; nor will any one presume to measure the influence her sovereign may exercise by the number of square miles he governs.
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Sumner emphasizes that the influence of a nation cannot be measured solely by its size, drawing a parallel between Belgium and Greece.
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