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There is no traitor, red with loyal blood, who may not play his part and help found the new government.
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Sumner emphasizes the potential for anyone, regardless of past actions, to contribute positively to the new government.
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The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
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