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Let no person who truly loves Freedom join this company, tempted by its name and old associations.
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Sumner urges those who truly value freedom to avoid associating with groups that support slavery, despite their historical ties.
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Nay, more,--if it would be criminal in these several clusters of States to reëstablish the Institution of War as Arbiter of Justice, then is it criminal in the Commonwealth of Nations to continue it.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
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