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But the interests of business on the Pacific coast must not be sacrificed even to these considerations.
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Sumner emphasizes the importance of considering regional business interests in legislative decisions.
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According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
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.
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