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And are we not told by an ancient, that it is something, in whatsoever place or corner, to have made one’s self master of a spot big enough for a single lizard?
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Sumner quotes an ancient saying about the value of claiming even a small piece of land, emphasizing human ambition.
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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.
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