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Our rule of duty is not found in the courageous gayety of any foreign statesman, but in the Law of Nations, which we are bound to obey, not only for the sake of others, but for the sake of ourselves.
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Sumner argues that the Law of Nations should guide the United States' actions for its own sake and that of others.
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