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Vain is victory on the battle-field, if these guaranties are not obtained.
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Sumner reflects on the futility of military victories without securing essential guarantees for peace.
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The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
Tendencies of nations, as revealed in history, teach that our aims are in harmony with prevailing laws, which God, in his benevolence, has ordained for mankind.
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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