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Why not see things as they are, and do what the moment requires?
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Sumner urges for a realistic approach to the demands of the current moment.
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They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
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