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We may well hesitate to organize a single State under military government, when we see where such step leads.
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He expresses hesitation about establishing military governance due to its potential consequences.
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Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
Tendencies of nations, as revealed in history, teach that our aims are in harmony with prevailing laws, which God, in his benevolence, has ordained for mankind.
Nay, more,--if it would be criminal in these several clusters of States to reëstablish the Institution of War as Arbiter of Justice, then is it criminal in the Commonwealth of Nations to continue it.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
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