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Human Rights, sympathy with, everywhere, a letter expressing, III. 168.
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In this letter, Sumner conveys his universal sympathy for human rights, reflecting his humanitarian values.
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The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
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.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
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