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I could not discern the slightest symptom of chagrin or mortification,--no sense of the dishonor which so many attach to the blow unrevenged.
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Sumner reflects on the lack of remorse shown by a person involved in a violent incident.
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The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
Out of this pernicious prejudice have proceeded that persecution and neglect which are the too frequent lot of the world's pioneers.
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.
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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