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The money was borrowed and lent on the undoubting faith that it was to be paid in coin.
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Sumner emphasizes the trust placed in financial agreements regarding national loans.
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Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
Their existence is a disgrace to civilization; for it implies the common consent of nations to the Arbitrament of War, as regulated by these laws.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
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