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They contemplate political unity, rather than unity of blood or language.
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Sumner distinguishes between political unity and unity based on blood or language, emphasizing the former's importance.
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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.
Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
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