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The people in every part of the country, East and West, North and South, of all political parties and all religious sects, are now invited to join in this endeavor.
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Sumner invites people from all backgrounds to join the peace movement, emphasizing unity.
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It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
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.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
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