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I have always regarded it as the high-water mark of civilized war, so far as war can be civilized.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “I have always regarded it as the high-water mark of civilized war, so far as war can be civilized.”
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Sumner reflects on the moral implications of warfare and its conduct.
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