It is not for his learning and eloquence that I commend him to your respectful attention; for learning, eloquence, and even theology itself, have been prostituted in the service of an institution well described by John Wesley as the sum of all villanies.
Sumner critiques the misuse of education and eloquence in support of immoral institutions, referencing John Wesley's condemnation.
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Out of this pernicious prejudice have proceeded that persecution and neglect which are the too frequent lot of the world's pioneers.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
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.
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