I would not claim too much for this Company; but I doubt if at this moment there is any society so completely philanthropic; and since its leading idea, like the light of a candle from which other candles are lighted without number, may be applied indefinitely, it promises to be an important aid to Human Progress.
Sumner praises the philanthropic nature of the Emigrant Aid Company and its potential for promoting human progress.
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Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
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