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In the progress of Christian civilization, many of the rules now sustained by learned subtilty or unquestioning submission, shaping the public concerns of nations, will pass away.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “In the progress of Christian civilization, many of the rules now sustained by learned subtilty or unquestioning…”
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This quote reflects Sumner's belief in the evolving nature of international relations and the eventual obsolescence of certain legal norms.
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