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The war can be fought upon no such grounds; and before it closes, we shall discover that fact.
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Sumner asserts that the war must be fought on just grounds, hinting at the moral complexities involved.
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It is true, doubtless, that there are various races of men; but there is but one great Human Family, in which Caucasian, Ethiopian, Chinese, and Indian are all brothers, children of one Father, and heirs to one happiness.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
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