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It would be strange, if Congress could organize armies and navies to conquer, and could not also organize governments to protect.
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Sumner argues that if Congress can organize military forces, it should also be able to establish governments for protection.
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Confessing the Fatherhood of God, and the consequent Brotherhood of Man, we find a divine standard of unquestionable accuracy.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
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.
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.
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