Life and property were both swallowed up, leaving behind a deep-seated sense of enormous wrong, as yet unatoned and even unacknowledged, which is one of the chief factors in the problem now presented to the statesmen of both countries.
This quote reflects Sumner's view on the lasting consequences of war and the unresolved grievances between nations.
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