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Nor can honor in a civilized age require any sacrifice of reason or humanity.
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Sumner asserts that honor should not come at the expense of reason or humanity in civilized society.
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Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
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.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
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