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If this be so, the more is the pity on their account; for our cause is needful to them more than they are needful to our cause.
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Sumner emphasizes the importance of their cause for those who may not realize its necessity.
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The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
Without yielding to any of these extreme views with regard to the mischiefs or the benefits of party, all should agree that the only true and legitimate object of such an association is to uphold, advance, and develop certain principles…
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
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