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But Slavery plays the part of a Harpy, and defiles the choicest banquet.
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Sumner metaphorically describes slavery as a destructive force that corrupts society's best aspects.
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I am opposed to a tariff for protection merely, and not for revenue."--Letter to John K.
Out of this pernicious prejudice have proceeded that persecution and neglect which are the too frequent lot of the world's pioneers.
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.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
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