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The men themselves dragged the cannon over a morass which had always been thought impassable, where neither horses nor oxen could go; and they carried the shot upon their backs.
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Sumner describes the extraordinary efforts of soldiers in overcoming difficult terrain during a military operation.
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Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
It is true, doubtless, that there are various races of men; but there is but one great Human Family, in which Caucasian, Ethiopian, Chinese, and Indian are all brothers, children of one Father, and heirs to one happiness.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
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