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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