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Think you that we should have done this thing to England, France, or Spain?
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He questions whether the U.S. would have acted similarly towards more powerful nations.
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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.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
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