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By ties of constant fellowship will they be interwoven together, no sudden trumpet waking to arms, no sharp summons disturbing the uniform repose.
Said by
Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner describes a vision of interconnected nations living in harmony without the threat of war.

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