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We must see that it is a fruitful thing, of which they can avail themselves always, and which will be to them everywhere prolific of good.
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Sumner insists that freedom should lead to tangible benefits for the freedmen.
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The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
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.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
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