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Patriots, in all ages, striving for their country’s good, have been doomed to the scaffold or to exile, even as their country’s enemies.
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Sumner acknowledges the sacrifices of patriots throughout history who have faced dire consequences for their actions.
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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.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
Their existence is a disgrace to civilization; for it implies the common consent of nations to the Arbitrament of War, as regulated by these laws.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
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