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The prevailing sentiment was typified in the conduct of George the Third, so boldly arraigned in the Declaration of Independence.
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Sumner critiques George the Third's actions as representative of the prevailing sentiment against America.
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Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
Tendencies of nations, as revealed in history, teach that our aims are in harmony with prevailing laws, which God, in his benevolence, has ordained for mankind.
As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
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