I have carefully read your speech; I have read the concluding retort, which some of your friends wish had not been made; and I most fervently thank God for enabling you to say just what you said, and to say it in the very manner you did.
In this quote, Sumner expresses gratitude for a powerful speech and its impactful delivery.
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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.
Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
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