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Its disadvantages will not be less permanent than its advantages, unless we apply ourselves resolutely to their revision.
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He warns that without addressing its disadvantages, the Capitol's issues will persist alongside its benefits.
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The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
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