I found him the same in purpose and aspiration as I had always known him,--earnest, thoughtful, and intent on all that helped the good of man, with the same completeness of intelligence, and the same large, loving heart.
Sumner describes his enduring respect for a friend's dedication to humanitarian efforts.
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Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
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.
Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
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