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His was that new order of greatness destined soon to displace the old.
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Sumner suggests that a new kind of greatness is emerging, destined to replace the old.
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Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
More precious far at that moment the consolation that he had labored for his fellow-men, and the joyous confidence that all his cares had helped the Progress of his race!
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
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