Charles Sumner: “An army is a despotism; military service is a bondage; nor can the…”

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An army is a despotism; military service is a bondage; nor can the passion for arms be reconciled with a true civilization.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner equates military service with bondage and critiques the glorification of arms.

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