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I ask more for the sake of justice and humanity, and that this terrible war may be vindicated in history.
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This statement reflects Sumner's belief that the war must have a just cause to be remembered positively in history.
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I am in favor of a tariff for revenue, such a one as will yield a sufficient amount to the treasury to defray the expenses of the government, economically administered.
Nay, more,--if it would be criminal in these several clusters of States to reëstablish the Institution of War as Arbiter of Justice, then is it criminal in the Commonwealth of Nations to continue it.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
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