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Public Faith may be seen in the evil which springs from its loss and in the good which overflows from its preservation.
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Sumner reflects on the consequences of losing public faith versus the benefits of preserving it.
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They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
Confessing the Fatherhood of God, and the consequent Brotherhood of Man, we find a divine standard of unquestionable accuracy.
Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
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