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Go further, and give him these additional powers, that shall enable him, so far as he can, to prevent the introduction of disease into the country.
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Sumner advocates for expanding the powers of the Secretary of the Treasury to prevent disease from entering the country.
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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.
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