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Confessing the Fatherhood of God, and the consequent Brotherhood of Man, we find a divine standard of unquestionable accuracy.
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This quote highlights Sumner's belief in the divine principles that underpin human relationships and the concept of brotherhood.
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Nay, more,--if it would be criminal in these several clusters of States to reëstablish the Institution of War as Arbiter of Justice, then is it criminal in the Commonwealth of Nations to continue it.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
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