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And just in proportion as these find recognition from individuals and from nations will War be impossible.
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Sumner argues that the acknowledgment of these principles will make war impossible.
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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.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
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