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The ancient assailant of kings now called for “the tutelary protection of the royal authority.” The early cant was exchanged for recant.
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Sumner highlights the irony of a former critic of monarchy now seeking royal protection.
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As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
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