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In himself he is more than a whole cabinet, more than a whole army.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “In himself he is more than a whole cabinet, more than a whole army.”
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Sumner asserts the extraordinary capabilities of a single individual, comparing them to entire institutions.
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As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
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