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Or, better still, it is like the hand of the body, without which, man, who is now only a little lower than the angels, must have continued only a little above the brutes.
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Here, Sumner compares the ballot to a vital part of the human body, underscoring its essential role in democracy.
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The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
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.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
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