It is not my habit to shrink from responsibility; personal risks I accept willingly; but I confess anxiety that my country should not rush abroad in quest of new dangers, whose only effect will be to increase the national calamities.
Sumner acknowledges his willingness to accept personal risks but urges caution in foreign engagements.
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Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
I agree with the Convention in the importance of the new organization; nor do I think there are many candid persons, recognizing morals as the soul of all true politics, who will hesitate in this conclusion.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
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