An eminent English judge once pronounced from the bench that “the law is astute to find a remedy”; but no astuteness is required in this case,--nothing but simple justice, which is always the object of a true diplomacy.
Sumner emphasizes the importance of justice in diplomacy, contrasting it with legal technicalities.
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