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From day to day and week to week I vainly sought that health which we value most when lost, and which perpetually eluded my pursuit.
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Sumner reflects on his struggle to regain health, emphasizing the value of health when it is lost.
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Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
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.
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.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
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