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I am a soldier for the war; and until I see this great Declaration a living letter, I shall never intermit my endeavors.
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Sumner expresses his commitment to the principles of the Declaration of Independence and his determination to advocate for them.
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Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
More precious far at that moment the consolation that he had labored for his fellow-men, and the joyous confidence that all his cares had helped the Progress of his race!
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
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