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Nay, more,--if it would be criminal in these several clusters of States to reëstablish the Institution of War as Arbiter of Justice, then is it criminal in the Commonwealth of Nations to continue it.
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Sumner argues against the continuation of war as a means of resolving disputes among nations, equating it to a crime.
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