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No man living that Treason would so much rejoice to see struck down as yourself; and many there are who would strike, if they dared.
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Sumner warns of the dangers faced by prominent figures in the political landscape of his time.
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It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
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