Overflowing with intelligence, with charity, with civilization, with all that constitutes a generous state, ours would be peaceful triumphs, transcending all yet achieved, and surrounding the land with an invincible self-defensive might, while the unfading brightness of a new era made the glory of War impossible.
Sumner envisions a future where intelligence and charity lead to peaceful triumphs, making war obsolete.
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