The first remark to make is, that, even according to the finding of the Court, the Government has suffered only to the amount of one hundred dollars,--being the difference in price between the two kinds of tin at the date of delivery.
Sumner highlights the minimal financial loss acknowledged by the court in the case.
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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!
Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
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