On the record
Impartial history will record the national losses from British intervention, and it is only reasonable that the evidence of these losses should not be excluded from judgment.
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Sumner believes that impartial history will acknowledge the losses suffered by the nation due to British actions, advocating for their inclusion in legal judgments.
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