This is one of the desires of my heart, as it is one of the necessities of civilization; but I fail to see how this aspiration will be promoted by the system proposed,--which must be judged on its own merits, without any such recommendation.
Sumner expresses skepticism about a proposed system, arguing it may not fulfill its intended purpose.
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