Howe and others, he devoted much of his time to the great philanthropic and social problems of the day,--Slavery, Pauperism, Crime, and Prison Discipline,--and gradually the overshadowing social, political, and national importance of the Slave question drew him first before the people and into public life.
Sumner discusses the social issues that drew him into public life, particularly the Slave question.
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Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
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