Such a Congress forms a truer epoch of Christian Progress--does it not?--than the Congress of Vienna, with the bespangled presence of great autocrats distributing the spoils of war, as the sailing of the Jamestown is a higher Christian triumph than any mere victory of blood.
Sumner contrasts a Congress focused on charity with the Congress of Vienna, emphasizing moral progress over war.
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