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It is part of that great instinctive right of self-defence, common to nations and to men, which has no limits, except in the benign constraints of a Christian civilization.
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Sumner emphasizes the inherent right of self-defense for nations and individuals, constrained by moral principles.
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The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
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