On the record
The fires which seem to be extinguished will only be covered by treacherous ashes, out of which another conflagration will spring to wrap the country in war.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Sumner warns that the underlying issues of conflict will resurface if not addressed, suggesting a cyclical nature of violence in society.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
Confessing the Fatherhood of God, and the consequent Brotherhood of Man, we find a divine standard of unquestionable accuracy.
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.
By Perpetual Peace Kant understood a condition of nations where there could be no fear of War; and this condition, he said, was demanded by reason, which, abhorring all War, as little adapted to establish right, must regard this final…
Other voices in this conversation
