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Since then I have never looked upon them, even at a distance, I have never thought of them, without feeling that they are monumental.
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Sumner reflects on the lasting significance of the Welsh Mountains in relation to his memories.
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Out of this pernicious prejudice have proceeded that persecution and neglect which are the too frequent lot of the world's pioneers.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
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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