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Charles Sumner: “In the discharge of neutral obligations a nation is bound to good faith.”

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In the discharge of neutral obligations a nation is bound to good faith.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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Sumner asserts that nations must adhere to good faith in fulfilling their neutral obligations.

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