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In the dreary annals of the Past there are many acts of shame,--there are ordinances of monarchs, and laws, which have become a byword and a hissing to the nations.
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Sumner reflects on historical acts of shame, drawing parallels to contemporary injustices.
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Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the 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.
Their existence is a disgrace to civilization; for it implies the common consent of nations to the Arbitrament of War, as regulated by these laws.
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