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Between Slavery and Civilization there is essential incompatibility.
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Sumner asserts that slavery fundamentally contradicts the principles of civilization.
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Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
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